T 0176/84 (Pencil sharpener) of 22.11.1985
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1985:T017684.19851122
- Date of decision
- 22 November 1985
- Case number
- T 0176/84
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 80107426.1
- IPC class
- B43L 23/08
- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
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- 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
- Möbius
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
The state of the art to be considered when examining for inventive step includes, as well as that in the specific field of the application, the state of any relevant art in neighbouring fields and/or a broader general field of which the specific field is part, that is to say any field in which the same problem or one similar to it arises and of which the person skilled in the art of the specific field must be expected to be aware.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- State of the art - relevant
Inventive step - same problem in broader field
Inventive step - neighbouring fields - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- T 0078/87T 0158/87T 0373/87T 0440/88T 0578/88T 0579/88T 0645/88T 0316/89T 0706/89T 0225/90T 0277/90T 0358/90T 0424/90T 0438/90T 0684/90T 0705/90T 0847/90T 0039/91T 0047/91T 0491/91T 0524/91T 0712/91T 0767/91T 0469/92T 0549/92T 0675/92T 0726/92T 0732/92T 1037/92T 0005/93T 0110/93T 0121/93T 0722/93T 0897/93T 0023/94T 0069/94T 0250/94T 0514/94T 0544/94T 0605/94T 0635/94T 1008/95T 0339/96T 0986/96T 0318/97T 0707/97T 0884/97T 0900/97T 0026/98T 0150/98T 0589/98T 0744/98T 0860/98T 1088/98T 0127/99T 0965/99T 0145/00T 0445/00T 0467/00T 0797/00T 0460/03T 0520/03T 0329/04T 0394/04T 0574/04T 0009/05T 0170/06T 0742/07T 1944/07T 0167/08T 0516/08T 0828/08T 1479/08T 1814/08T 2356/09T 0146/10T 1117/10T 2250/10T 1134/11T 1561/11T 1838/11T 1910/11T 1068/12T 1225/12T 1921/12T 0841/13T 1484/14T 0904/15T 0764/16T 1076/16T 0361/17T 1731/20T 1218/24
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The contested decision is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance, which is instructed to grant a European patent on the following application documents ....