T 0002/80 (Polyamide moulding compositions) of 05.06.1981
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1981:T000280.19810605
- Date of decision
- 5 June 1981
- Case number
- T 0002/80
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 79100575.4
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
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- 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
- Bayer
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
The second sentence of Article 84 EPC stipulates that the claims must be clear. A claim for a mixture does not satisfy this requirement if the proportions given for its constituents do not add up to the requisite total (100% in the case of percentages) for each composition claimed.
- Relevant legal provisions
- EPC1973_Art_084_Sent_2European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Claims - clarity
Novelty
Inventive step - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- T 0060/90T 0711/90T 0800/91T 0740/96T 0470/97T 0720/97T 1129/97T 0101/00T 0600/00T 0924/00T 0969/00T 0003/01T 1255/01T 0172/02T 0412/03T 0586/03T 0210/04T 0417/04T 0563/04T 2003/07T 2006/09T 1152/10T 1253/11T 2063/12T 0601/13T 0355/14T 0021/16T 0274/16T 0589/16T 0044/20T 0056/21T 0877/21T 1531/21T 1140/22
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office of 19 March 1980 is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a European patent on the basis of the following documents ...