G 0002/95 (Replacement of application documents) of 14.05.1996
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1996:G000295.19960514
- Date of decision
- 14 May 1996
- Case number
- G 0002/95
- Petition for review of
- J 0021/94 1995-04-12
- Application number
- 89118789.0
- IPC class
- C25D 3/38
- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Application title
- Wässriges saures Bad zur galvanischen Abscheidung von glänzenden und rissfreien Kupferüberzügen und Verwendung dieses Bades
- Applicant name
- ATOTECH Deutschland GmbH
- Opponent name
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- Board
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- Headnote
The point of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is to be answered as follows:
The complete documents forming a European patent application, that is the description, claims and drawings, cannot be replaced by way of a correction under Rule 88 EPC by other documents which the applicants had intended to file with their request for grant.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(c) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 138(1)(c) 1973European Patent Convention Art 14(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 14(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 164(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 80(d) 1973European Patent Convention Art 87(2) 1973European Patent Convention R 88 1973Paris Convention Art 004a(2)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 91(1)(c)
- Keywords
- Substitution of complete documents forming an application by other documents by way of a correction under Rule 88 EPC (no)
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The point of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is to be answered as follows:
The complete documents forming a European patent application, that is the description, claims and drawings, cannot be replaced by way of a correction under Rule 88 EPC by other documents which the applicants had intended to file with their request for grant.