European Patent Office

T 0713/98 vom 17.01.2002

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T071398.20020117
Datum der Entscheidung
17. Januar 2002
Aktenzeichen
T 0713/98
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
93301935.8
IPC-Klasse
C08F 265/02
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
Polymeric particles
Name des Antragstellers
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.3.03
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Disclosure - enabling - undue burden
Claims - functional features
Orientierungssatz
To the extent that the requirements of Article 84 EPC can only be fulfilled, in relation to a claim which is characterised by a functional feature defining a result to be achieved, if the feature is such that a person skilled in the art can, without exceeding his normal knowledge and skills, not only understand it, but also without undue burden implement it, the former requirement (understanding) is one of clarity and the latter (implementing) is one of support, both in the sense of Article 84 EPC. Furthermore, the latter requirement, viewed in relation to the disclosure as a whole, is highly relevant to the queston of sufficiency, in the sense of Article 83 EPC (following T 409/91, OJ EPO 1994, 653).
Zitierte Akten
T 0409/91

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance for further prosecution on the basis of the set of Claims 1 to 6 filed on 6 November 2001.