G 0001/06 (Sequences of divisionals/SEIKO) du 28.06.2007

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence: ECLI:EP:BA:2007:G000106.20070628
Date de la décision: 28 juin 2007
Numéro de l'affaire: G 0001/06
Requête en révision de: T 1409/05 2006-03-30
Numéro de la demande: 01128824.8
Classe de la CIB: G09G 3/36
Langue de la procédure: Anglais
Distribution: Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
Téléchargement: Décision en anglais
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Autres décisions pour cet affaire: -
Résumés pour cette décision: -
Titre de la demande: Liquid Crystal Device
Nom du demandeur: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Nom de l'opposant: -
Chambre: -
Sommaire: In the case of a sequence of applications consisting of a root (originating) application followed by divisional applications, each divided from its predecessor, it is a necessary and sufficient condition for a divisional application of that sequence to comply with Article 76(1), second sentence, EPC that anything disclosed in that divisional application be directly and unambiguously derivable from what is disclosed in each of the preceding applications as filed.
Dispositions juridiques pertinentes: European Patent Convention Art 100(c) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 102(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 138(1)(c) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 138(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 75(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 76(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 76(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 76(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 77(5) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 82 1973 European Patent Convention Art 96(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 97(1) 1973 European Patent Convention R 25(1) 1973 European Patent Convention R 25(2) 1973 European Patent Convention R 51(2) 1973 European Patent Convention R 86(3) 1973 European Patent Convention R 86(4) 1973Hydroacoustics Incorporated's Applications [1981] FSR 538Rules of procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal Art 8UK Patents Act 1977: Sections 76(1), 130(7)
Mots-clés: Invalidity as a result of non-compliance with Article 76(1) EPC on filing a divisional application - no
Amendment to conform with Article 76(1) EPC - allowable, even if at time of amendment earlier application no longer pending
Content of a member of a sequence of divisional applications must be disclosed in each of the preceding applications in the sequence as filed.
Claims of a member of a sequence of divisional applications need not be directed to subject matter within the scope of the claims of the preceding applications in the sequence as filed.
Exergue: -
Affaires citées: G 0001/93 G 0004/98 J 0015/85 J 0002/01 T 0514/88 T 0527/88 T 0122/90 T 0860/90 T 0441/92 T 0873/94 T 0276/97 T 0904/97 T 1074/97 T 0555/00 T 0561/00 T 0743/00 T 1158/01 T 0720/02 T 0797/02 T 0039/03 T 0090/03 T 0873/04 T 1040/04 T 1092/04
Affaires citantes: G 0002/10 G 0004/19 J 0002/08 J 0019/13 T 0307/03 T 1026/03 T 0936/04 T 1207/04 T 0047/05 T 0175/05 T 0687/05 T 0840/05 T 1208/05 T 1387/05 T 1409/05 T 0314/06 T 0341/06 T 1018/06 T 1491/06 T 1497/06 T 1688/06 T 1033/07 T 1391/07 T 1423/07 T 1500/07 T 1501/07 T 1502/07 T 0463/08 T 0464/08 T 0465/08 T 1653/08 T 1714/08 T 2082/08 T 0549/09 T 0925/09 T 0961/09 T 0962/09 T 1418/09 T 2175/09 T 1972/10 T 2402/10 T 2426/10 T 2461/10 T 0649/11 T 1036/11 T 1155/11 T 1483/11 T 2347/11 T 2563/11 T 0879/12 T 1780/12 T 1808/12 T 2511/12 T 0558/13 T 0560/13 T 1765/13 T 1766/13 T 1871/13 T 2041/13 T 0318/14 T 0470/14 T 1208/14 T 1856/14 T 1878/14 T 1146/15 T 0344/16 T 0921/16 T 1089/16 T 1278/16 T 2622/17 T 0363/18 T 1098/18 T 1255/18 T 1839/18 T 2327/18 T 1369/19 T 1589/19 T 2185/19 T 2540/19 T 3272/19 T 0897/20 T 1828/21 T 1327/24

ORDER

For these reasons, the questions of law which were referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal are answered as follows:

In the case of a sequence of applications consisting of a root (originating) application followed by divisional applications, each divided from its predecessor, it is a necessary and sufficient condition for a divisional application of that sequence to comply with Article 76(1), second sentence, EPC that anything disclosed in that divisional application be directly and unambiguously derivable from what is disclosed in each of the preceding applications as filed.