T 0032/82 (Control Circuit) of 14.03.1984

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1984:T003282.19840314
Date of decision: 14 March 1984
Case number: T 0032/82
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 79300048.0
IPC class: -
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Application title: Control circuit for energizing an electrically ignited load
Applicant name: ICI
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.5.01
Headnote: It follows from Art. 113(2) EPC that, when deciding the appeal a Board of Appeal has no authority to order the grant of a European patent containing claims which are different from those submitted by the applicant in their content or interdependency.
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 113(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973 European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
Keywords: Inventive step - implicit disclosure in prior art
Practice of the Boards of Appeal
Catchword: -
Cited cases: -
Citing cases: T 0543/88 T 0622/90 T 0890/91 T 0307/92 T 0503/92 T 0694/92 T 0630/93 T 0061/94 T 0189/94 T 0482/95 T 0530/95 T 0488/96 T 1167/97 T 0153/98 T 0203/98 T 0318/98 T 0462/98 T 1067/98 T 1097/98 T 0101/99 T 0287/99 T 1069/01 T 0078/02 T 0097/02 T 0844/02 T 0813/03 T 0210/04 T 0383/04 T 0051/08 T 0546/08 T 0569/10 T 2393/10 T 0809/12 T 1142/12 T 1857/12 T 2001/12 T 2063/12 T 1180/14 T 0795/15 T 0030/16 T 0874/16 T 1449/18 T 1894/20 T 0056/21 T 0110/21 T 1526/22 T 0616/23

ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

the appeal against the decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office dated 18 September 1981 is dismissed.