G 0001/92 (Availability to the public) of 18.12.1992

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ECLI:EP:BA:1992:G000192.19921218

Date of decision

18 December 1992

Case number

G 0001/92

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English

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Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)

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Abstracts for this decision

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Headnote

1. The chemical composition of a product is state of the art when the product as such is available to the public and can be analysed and reproduced by the skilled person, irrespective of whether or not particular reasons can be identified for analysing the composition.

2. The same principle applies mutatis mutandis to any other product.

Relevant legal provisions

European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 54 1973

Keywords

Novelty
State of the art
Availability
Composition of the product
Public prior use

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Cited cases

T 0406/86 T 0093/89

Citing cases

G 0001/23 T 0089/91 T 0627/91 T 0083/92 T 0223/92 T 0267/92 T 0327/92 T 0472/92 T 0952/92 T 0210/93 T 0268/93 T 0443/93 T 0886/93 T 0951/93 T 0977/93 T 0097/94 T 0301/94 T 0667/94 T 0098/95 T 0144/95 T 0277/95 T 0721/95 T 0080/96 T 0165/96 T 0459/96 T 0461/96 T 0494/96 T 0571/96 T 0375/97 T 0622/97 T 0633/97 T 1046/97 T 1054/97 T 0102/98 T 0219/98 T 0226/98 T 0861/98 T 0910/98 T 0940/98 T 0431/99 T 0947/99 T 1095/99 T 0182/00 T 0426/00 T 0427/00 T 0208/01 T 0292/01 T 0326/01 T 0583/01 T 0794/01 T 1146/01 T 1217/01 T 0030/02 T 0062/02 T 0326/02 T 0370/02 T 0613/02 T 0497/03 T 0018/04 T 0359/04 T 0633/04 T 0690/04 T 0946/04 T 1169/04 T 0001/05 T 0485/05 T 0535/05 T 0987/05 T 1464/05 T 0464/06 T 0519/06 T 0560/06 T 1172/06 T 1278/06 T 1553/06 T 0007/07 T 0621/07 T 0002/09 T 0018/09 T 1039/09 T 2045/09 T 2458/09 T 0510/10 T 0682/10 T 2406/10 T 0023/11 T 0877/11 T 2517/11 T 0129/12 T 1555/12 T 1609/12 T 1822/12 T 2048/12 T 2440/12 T 2020/13 T 0205/14 T 0842/14 T 1833/14 T 0505/15 T 0834/15 T 1317/15 T 2068/15 T 2118/15 T 1409/16 T 1452/16 T 1666/16 T 1514/17 T 1575/17 T 1634/17 T 2114/17 T 2407/17 T 2595/17 T 0192/18 T 0877/18 T 0933/18 T 0934/18 T 1054/18 T 2510/18 T 2920/18 T 0438/19 T 1863/19 T 2916/19 T 0239/20 T 0177/21 T 0638/21 T 0691/21 T 1324/21 T 1540/21 T 1719/21 T 0490/23 T 0807/23 T 1041/23 T 1587/23 T 2048/23 T 0439/24 T 0840/24

CONCLUSION

For these reasons, the Enlarged Board of Appeal, in answer to the questions put by the President of the EPO in the letter dated 30 December 1991 concludes that:

2. The same principle applies mutatis mutandis to any other product.