T 0052/82 (Winding apparatus) of 18.03.1983
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1983:T005282.19830318
- Date of decision
- 18 March 1983
- Case number
- T 0052/82
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 78300409.6
- 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
- Rieter
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
An amended claim does not contain subject-matter which extends beyond the content of the application as filed, if the preamble to the claim has been amended by substituting an appropriate more general term, which is apt to define a feature common to both the closest prior art described in the application as filed and the invention which is the subject of the application, for a specific term which was not apt to define that feature of the prior art.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Amendment - preamble of claim
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The Decision under appeal is set aside; the case is remitted to the Examining Division for further prosecution.