T 0022/81 (Ignition system) of 07.02.1983
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1983:T002281.19830207
- Date of decision
- 7 February 1983
- Case number
- T 0022/81
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 79300291.6
- 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
- Lucas
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
If the applicant declares in the course of the procedure that certain claimed features are not intended to provide an inventive step, then these features and any advantages resulting therefrom can be disregarded in assessing the inventive step and investigation as to nonobviousness can be confined to the remaining features of the claim.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - limitation admitted
Inventive step - features not intended to provide inventive step - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal against the decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office dated 25 February 1981 is rejected.