1.3. Standard for assessing compliance with Article 123(2) EPC
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  10. f) Possible but undefined embodiments in dependent claim
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1.3.9 Claim interpretation when assessing compliance with Article 123(2) EPC

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f) Possible but undefined embodiments in dependent claim

According to the board in T 1688/12, the mere fact that a dependent claim encompassed a host of possible but undefined embodiments did not mean that the claim on which it depended had to be interpreted as compatible with all those embodiments.

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