European Patent Office

T 0561/91 (Heat curable composition) of 05.12.1991

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T056191.19911205
Date of decision
5 December 1991
Case number
T 0561/91
Petition for review of
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Application number
86301051.8
IPC class
C08J 3/24
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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
Raychem
Opponent name
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Board
3.3.03
Headnote

Rule 35(12) imposes on an applicant for a European patent the obligation to express weights and measures in metric units. Consequently, in the absence of any amendment to that Rule, the organs of the EPO have no power to require an applicant to express weights and measure in terms of SI units as a condition for the grant of a patent.

Keywords
Use of metric or SI units
Catchword
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Cited cases
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the Examining Division for it to continue the substantive examination of the application.