T 0390/90 (Crystalline paper filler) of 15.12.1992
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1992:T039090.19921215
- Date of decision
- 15 December 1992
- Case number
- T 0390/90
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 81306189.2
- IPC class
- D21H 5/18
- 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
- Process for preparing and using a crystalline product
- Applicant name
- Gussinyer
- Opponent name
- Conte Pietro
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
An intervention under Article 105 EPC during appeal proceedings is not permissible, but is limited to opposition proceedings; interpretation of G 7/91 and G 8/91 (OJ EPO 1993,346, 356), see also T 27/92 (Referral published in OJ EPO 1993 705, pending under Ref. No. G6/93).
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 105 1973European Patent Convention Art 106(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 114(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 66(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Admissibility of intervention of an assumed infringer during appeal proceedings
Legal status of Boards of Appeal
Non- equivalence of appeal and opposition proceedings
Boards' freedom not to refer to Enlarged Board: procedural economy
Novelty (yes) - second document incorporated by reference into the primary document - no disclosure of a continuous process in the light of common general knowledge at the relevant publication date
Inventive step (yes) - onus of proof regarding disputed effects - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.