European Patent Office

T 0028/87 (Wire link bands) of 29.04.1988

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T002887.19880429
Date of decision
29 April 1988
Case number
T 0028/87
Petition for review of
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Application number
81103306.7
IPC class
D21F 1/00
Language of proceedings
German
Distribution
Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Applicant name
Kerber
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3.2.01
Headnote

If reference is made in the introduction to the description of an application or a patent to a state of the art which cannot objectively be classified as a relevant field that state of the art cannot in the course of examination for patentability be rated to the applicant's or proprietor's disadvantage as a neighbouring field merely on account of that reference (cf. point 5.4 of the Reasons).

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Inventive step - applicant's reference to a remote state of the art he art
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.