European Patent Office

T 0253/92 of 22.10.1993

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T025392.19931022
Date of decision
22 October 1993
Case number
T 0253/92
Petition for review of
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Application number
86303573.9
IPC class
H01F 1/04
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Permanent magnet alloy
Applicant name
Crucible Materials Corporation
Opponent name
N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken;
Vacuumschmelze GmbH;
Hitachi Metals, Ltd;
Sumitomo Special Metals Co. Ltd.
Board
3.5.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (no)
Broadening of scope of protection (no) - claim to use of an alloy gives narrower protection than claim to the alloy per se
Catchword
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Cited cases
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.