T 0124/82 of 18.10.1983
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1983:T012482.19831018
- Date of decision
- 18 October 1983
- Case number
- T 0124/82
- Online on
- 18 October 1983
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 79103171.9
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Threaded Connections
- Applicant name
- Union Carbide
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step
ex post facto analysis
danger of generalisation - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision of the Examining Division 115 of the European Patent Office 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 description, page 1 and 4-12 as filed, and pages 2, 3, 3a and 3b, received on 1 August 1983;
claims 1-3 and 5-7, received on 5 January 1982 (in line 3 of claim 1 "comprises" has to be replaced by "comprising");
: : claims 4 and 8 as originally filed (in line 4 of claim 8 "threaded" has to be replaced by "threadless").