T 0632/02 of 17.07.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T063202.20030717
- Date of decision
- 17 July 2003
- Case number
- T 0632/02
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 95908321.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Thread formation
- Applicant name
- Ancon CCL Limited
- Opponent name
- Dextra Asia
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Relevant content of a patent publication, when assessing inventive step
Inventive step (no)
Prejudice in the art (no)
Obvious to try with a reasonable expectation of success - Catchword
- When considering inventive step, the relevant content of a patent publication must be assessed from the point of view of the skilled person seeking to solve the technical problem as defined vis-à-vis the closest prior art, at the filing date of the European patent in suit, irrespective of the point of view of the author or drafter of that patent publication. Consequently, what is within the main claim of that patent publication does not take precedence over the disclosure in the description thereof (point 2.2 of the reasons).
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.