T 0195/84 (General technical knowledge) of 10.10.1985
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1985:T019584.19851010
- Date of decision
- 10 October 1985
- Case number
- T 0195/84
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 81200789.6
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- 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
- Boeing
- 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 the state of the art in a non-specific (general) field dealing with the solution of any general technical problem which the application seeks to solve in its specific field. Such solutions of general technical problems in non-specific (general) fields must be considered to form part of the general technical knowledge which a priori is to be attributed to those skilled persons versed in any specific technical field.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - neighbouring fields
General technical knowledge - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- T 0158/87T 0425/87T 0578/88T 0579/88T 0057/89T 0240/89T 0706/89T 0684/90T 0914/90T 0039/91T 0455/91T 0767/91T 0007/92T 0630/92T 0121/93T 0739/93T 0986/96T 0123/97T 0318/97T 0707/97T 0900/97T 0026/98T 0744/98T 0127/99T 0145/00T 0445/00T 0589/01T 0886/02T 0520/03T 0956/03T 1074/03T 0394/04T 0574/04T 0009/05T 1165/06T 0828/08T 1814/08T 0146/10T 1117/10T 2250/10T 1225/12T 1921/12T 1484/14T 0904/15T 1731/20T 1218/24
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal against the decision of the Examining Division of 29 March 1984 is dismissed.