T 0587/98 (Divisional claim conflicting with parent) of 12.05.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T058798.20000512
- Date of decision
- 12 May 2000
- Case number
- T 0587/98
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 95100700.4
- IPC class
- G11B 11/10
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Couche diélectrique quasi-amorphe ou amorphe de bioxide de zirconium pour milieux optiques ou magnétooptiques de mémoire
- Applicant name
- Komag Inc.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
There is no express or implicit provision in the EPC which prohibits the presence in a divisional application of an independent claim - explicitly or as a notional claim arrived at by partitioning of an actual claim into notional claims reciting explicit alternatives - which is related to an independent claim in the parent application in such a way that the 'parent' claim includes all the features of the 'divisional' claim combined with an additional feature.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 125 1973European Patent Convention Art 76 1973European Patent Convention Art 97(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 67 1973
- Keywords
- Independent claim of parent having the scope of a 'dependent' claim in relation to main claim of divisional - yes
No basis in EPC for refusing divisional in this situation - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The appeal fee shall be reimbursed.
3. The case is remitted to the department of first instance for further prosecution.