T 0173/83 (Antioxydant) of 01.07.1985
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1985:T017383.19850701
- Date of decision
- 1 July 1985
- Case number
- T 0173/83
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 78400218.0
- IPC class
- C08L 23/02
- Language of proceedings
- French
- 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
- Telecommunications
- Opponent name
- Kabel - u. Lackdrahtfabriken
Siemens AG - Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
Within the meaning of Article 55(1)(a) EPC, there would be evident abuse if it emerged clearly and unquestionably that a third party had not been authorised to communicate to other persons the information received. Thus there is abuse not only when there is the intention to harm, but also when a third party acts in such a way as to risk causing harm to the inventor, or when this third party fails to honour the declaration of mutual trust linking him to the inventor.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 55(1)(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step
Novelty of a problem
Pertinence
Non-prejudicial disclosures
Disclosures - non-prejudicial
Evident abuse in relation to the applicant (denied)
Commencement of the period specified in Article 55(1) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
The appeal was dismissed for lack of inventive step pertaining to the totality of claims.