J 0021/82 (Different sets of claims) of 10.08.1983
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1983:J002182.19830810
- Date of decision
- 10 August 1983
- Case number
- J 0021/82
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 82300793.5
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
- Decision in English
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- Warner-Lambert
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.1.01
- Headnote
Rule 87 EPC does not authorise the inclusion in a European patent application of separate claims for different States before the European Patent Office "notes" the existence of a prior European right pursuant to Article 54(3) and (4) EPC.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 87(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 89 1973European Patent Convention Art 93 1973European Patent Convention R 87 1973
- Keywords
- Claims/different sets of
Legal fiction/impermissible
Text of application/only that submitted or agreed - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- T 0361/06
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. Insofar as the decision of the Receiving Section dated 27 August 1982 decided that the set of claims labelled "for Luxembourg and Sweden" should be deemed not to have been received, it is set aside.
2. Insofar as the said decision decided that the restriction as to the set of claims labelled "for Belgium, Switzerland/Liechtenstein, Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, The Netherlands and France" should be deleted, it is set aside.
3. The case is remitted to the Receiving Section for publication of the application with, in addition to the set of claims for Austria, the set of claims originally labelled "for Luxembourg and Sweden", now to be labelled for all designated States except Austria.