T 0072/95 (Ionizing liquid/IBBOTT) of 18.03.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T007295.19980318
- Date of decision
- 18 March 1998
- Case number
- T 0072/95
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 87902762.1
- IPC class
- C02F 1/48
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and device for ionizing liquid
- Applicant name
- Ibbott, Jack Kenneth
- Opponent name
- Ion Enterprises Ltd
Ibbott, Jack Kenneth - Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (no) - non-functional modification
- Catchword
- The Board of Appeal is under the obligation to appreciate the existence of a technical function alleged to be relevant to inventive step. If a known device is modified by adding a feature which has no technical function, this modification cannot contribute to inventive step (point 5.4).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.