T 0577/97 (Destruction of organohalogen compounds/ALLIEDSIGNAL) vom 05.04.2000
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T057797.20000405
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 5. April 2000
- Aktenzeichen
- T 0577/97
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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- Anmeldenummer
- 90908746.2
- IPC-Klasse
- B01D 53/70
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- An die Kammervorsitzenden und -mitglieder verteilt (B)
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- Entscheidung auf Englisch
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- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- Catalytic destruction of organohalogen compounds
- Name des Antragstellers
- AlliedSignal Inc.
- Name des Einsprechenden
- SIEMENS AG
- Kammer
- 3.3.05
- Leitsatz
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- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 57a 1973
- Schlagwörter
- Novelty - no, no new choice
Late filed evidence - admitted
New claims filed during oral proceedings - admitted - Orientierungssatz
- There is no basis in the EPC to refuse auxiliary requests at oral proceedings because of the circumstance that the new claims are apparently "not clearly allowable". In contrast to the situtation in examining proceedings, where Rule 86(3) EPC requires that amendments after expiration of the time limit set in the first communication of the EPO are subject to the consent of the EPO, Rule 57a EPC does not contain such a requirement. The discretion not to admit auxiliary requests should in principle be limited to exceptional cases in which the filing of the auxiliary request can be said to amount to an abuse of procedural rights (point 3 of the reasons).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.