T 0624/91 of 16.06.1993
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T062491.19930616
- Date of decision
- 16 June 1993
- Case number
- T 0624/91
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 84115928.8
- IPC class
- C22C 21/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Aluminium-lithium alloy (3)
- Applicant name
- ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty - (yes) after amendment
Inventive step - (yes) after amendment - Catchword
- Point-like disclosures for alloy compositions in the state of the art must be interpreted as average or nominal values within a small range in view of known fluctuations in reproducibility and in analytical results (cf. point 3.2 of the Reasons), unless there is evidence available to the contrary.
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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 first instance with the order that further prosecution be based on the text of the application as defined in point V of the Facts and Submissions and that a patent be granted on the basis thereof, subject to compliance with the formal requirements.