T 0035/87 (Hydroxy-pyrazoles) of 27.04.1987
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T003587.19870427
- Date of decision
- 27 April 1987
- Case number
- T 0035/87
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 83101128.3
- IPC class
- C07D 231/16
- Language of proceedings
- German
- 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
- BASF
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
An invention relating to a group of low-molecular intermediates and to a group of low-molecular end products where the claim to the intermediates is narrower in scope than the end-product claim, exhibits unity in any case if the two subject-matters are technically closely related (in this case: single-stage transfer of a structural element) and are linked to form a single general inventive concept by the intermediates' being oriented towards the end products (further to T 110/82, "Benzyl esters" OJ EPO 1983, 274; T 57/82 "Copoly- carbonates" OJ EPO 1982,306).
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 82 1973
- Keywords
- Unity of inventions relating to intermediate and end products
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office dated 14 November 1986 is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance for further substantive examination on the basis of the present claims.