T 0057/82 (Copolycarbonates) of 29.04.1982
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1982:T005782.19820429
- Date of decision
- 29 April 1982
- Case number
- T 0057/82
- Online on
- 29 April 1982
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 80105385.1
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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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 subject-matter of an application relating to new chemical end products, processes for their preparation, and to new intermediates for these end products at all events has unity within the meaning of Article 82 EPC if all these subject-matters are technically interconnected and are integrated into a single overall concept by being oriented towards the end products. In this context, starting materials which are used in a process for preparing end products and which are themselves products of a disclosed, albeit unclaimed production process are also considered to be intermediates.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 82 1973European Patent Convention R 30 1973
- Keywords
- Intermediate end product
Unity of invention - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office dated 28 January 1982 is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance for further substantive examination on the basis of the claims cited under III.