European Patent Office

J 0021/94 (Correction) of 12.04.1995

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1995:J002194.19950412
Date of decision
12 April 1995
Case number
J 0021/94
Petition for review of
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Application number
89118789.0
IPC class
C25D 2/38
Language of proceedings
German
Distribution
Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Other decisions for this case
J 0021/94 Anmeldetag/ATOTECH 1997-01-20
Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Wässriges saures Bad zur galvanischen Abscheidung von glänzenden und rissfreien Kupferüberzügen und Verwendung dieses Bades
Applicant name
ATOTECH
Opponent name
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Board
3.1.01
Headnote

The following point of law is referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal: Can the complete documents forming a European patent application, that is the description, claims and drawings, 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?

Keywords
Replacement of application documents
Catchword
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Citing cases
J 0005/06

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The following point of law is referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:

Can the complete documents forming a European patent application, that is the description, claims and drawings, 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?