T 0004/80 (Polyether polyols) of 07.09.1981
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1981:T000480.19810907
- Date of decision
- 7 September 1981
- Case number
- T 0004/80
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 78100648.1
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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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
I. Originally disclosed subject-matter, clearly definable by technical features, may, at the applicant's request, be excluded from a wider claim by a disclaimer, if the subject-matter remaining in the claim cannot technically be defined directly (positively) more clearly and concisely.
II. The fact that the disclaimer concerns the subject-matter of an earlier, not previously published national application or corresponding patent is no bar to such a formulation.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 139(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 29(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Delimination of earlier national application
Disclaimer in claim
Disclosure - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- G 0001/07G 0002/10G 0001/16T 0155/87T 0011/89T 0289/89T 0124/90T 0172/90T 0173/90T 0839/90T 0857/91T 0423/92T 0434/92T 0526/92T 0597/92T 0653/92T 0657/92T 0710/92T 0448/93T 1050/93T 0681/94T 0901/94T 0131/95T 0478/95T 0173/96T 0294/96T 0357/96T 0583/96T 0820/96T 0863/96T 0893/96T 0323/97T 0645/97T 0646/97T 0318/98T 0590/98T 0740/98T 0451/99T 0507/99T 0500/00T 0002/01T 0172/02T 0795/05T 0985/06T 1107/06T 0888/07
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office dated 31 July 1981 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...