European Patent Office

T 0841/95 vom 13.06.1996

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T084195.19960613
Datum der Entscheidung
13. Juni 1996
Aktenzeichen
T 0841/95
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
92110113.5
IPC-Klasse
B01L 3/02
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden und -mitglieder verteilt (B)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Method of aspirating and dispensing a liquid using a self- cleaning pipette tip
Name des Antragstellers
Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.4.02
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Claims - clarity - yes (after amendments)
Orientierungssatz
Where a claim for an apparatus seeks to define the invention by reference to features of the use to which the apparatus is to be put, a lack of clarity can result. However, if the subject- matter of the application is an apparatus and it is not viable to define the apparatus in a way other than with reference to said use, an apparatus claim directed to a combination of apparatus and use defining unambiguously the apparatus can be clear (cf. the Guidelines, C-III.4.8a).
Zitierte Akten
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Zitierende Akten
T 0181/96T 1001/97

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the Examining Division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the claims Nos. 1 to 9 filed with appellant's letter of 18. September 1995 (notice of appeal and statement of grounds of appeal), with the dependent claims, the description and, if necessary, the drawings to be adapted.