T 0219/85 (Inadequate description) of 14.07.1986
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T021985.19860714
- Date of decision
- 14 July 1986
- Case number
- T 0219/85
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 82200439.6
- IPC class
- H44C 17/00
- 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
- Hakoune
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
The invention has been insufficiently disclosed and the applicant has failed to comply with the requirements of Article 83 EPC if he acknowledges during examination proceedings that he did not furnish actual details of the production process in the description in order to prevent the invention being easily copied, while the missing information cannot be supplied from the general knowledge of a person skilled in the art.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Incomplete disclosure of the invention
Claims lacking in clarity - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal against the decision of the Examining Division is dismissed.