T 0574/96 (Deoxytetracyclines/AMERICAN CYANAMID) of 30.07.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T057496.19990730
- Date of decision
- 30 July 1999
- Case number
- T 0574/96
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 92114281.6
- IPC class
- C07C 237/26
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Novel 7-substituted-9-substituted amino-6-demethyl-6-deoxytetracyclines
- Applicant name
- AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Clarity (yes) - complex claims not unclear
- Catchword
- Clarity under Article 84 EPC is not at stake in a case of mere complexity of a claim, provided the subject-matter for which protection is sought and the scope thereof are clear and unambiguous for a person skilled in the art, either per se or in the light of the description, since complexity as such is not equivalent to lack of clarity.
- Cited cases
- -
- Citing cases
- T 1020/98
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 for further prosecution.