European Patent Office

T 0710/92 of 11.10.1995

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1995:T071092.19951011
Date of decision
11 October 1995
Case number
T 0710/92
Petition for review of
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Application number
84115031.1
IPC class
C08J 9/36
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Method of curing expansion-molded body of polyolefin
Applicant name
KANEGAFUCHI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Opponent name
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Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Late filed requests - not admitted (claims not clearly allowable)
Disclaimer - allowable (introduced to avoid anticipation)
Novelty - yes (disclaimer imparts novelty)
Inventive step - no (disclaimer cannot make inventive an obvious claim)
Catchword
A disclaimer made for the purpose of avoiding anticipation and having no basis in the original disclosure cannot impart inventiveness to an obvious claim.

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.