W 0007/85 (Insulating powder) of 05.06.1987
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1987:W000785.19870605
- Date of decision
- 5 June 1987
- Case number
- W 0007/85
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- PCT/US1985/00882
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- Minnesota
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- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
There is sufficient technical information to justify a prima facie finding of unity of invention between a claim to a mixture, and a claim to one essential component of that mixture or a narrowly defined version thereof.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 82 1973European Patent Convention R 30 1973Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 17(3)(a)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13(1)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13(2)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 40(1)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 40(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Unity of invention - mixture and component
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
Refund of the additional search fee is ordered.