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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- 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
- Kerber
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 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).
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - applicant's reference to a remote state of the art he art
- Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.