G 0001/91 (Unity) du 09.12.1991
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1991:G000191.19911209
- Date de la décision
- 9 décembre 1991
- Numéro de l'affaire
- G 0001/91
- En ligne le
- 9 décembre 1991
- Requête en révision de
- T 0220/89 du 07.10.1992
- Numéro de la demande
- 80103866.2
- Classe de la CIB
- C25B 1/00
- Langue de la procédure
- Allemand
- Distribution
- Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
- Téléchargement
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- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
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- Nom du demandeur
- Siemens
- Nom de l'opposant
- Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe
- Chambre
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- Sommaire
Unity of invention (Article 82 EPC) does not come under the requirements that a European patent and the invention to which it relates must meet under Article 102(3) EPC when the patent is maintained in amended form. It is consequently irrelevant in opposition proceedings that the European patent as granted or amended does not meet the requirement of unity.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 82 1973European Patent Convention Art 102(3) 1973European Patent Convention R 61a 1973
- Mots-clés
- Unity in opposition - legally irrelevant
- Exergue
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- Affaires citées
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- Affaires citantes
- G 0003/14T 0220/89T 0234/90T 0551/90T 0287/91T 0524/91T 0868/91T 0195/92T 0402/92T 0463/95T 0883/95T 0245/96T 0443/97T 0579/97T 1013/97T 0314/99T 0598/99T 1081/02T 0263/05T 0106/06T 0172/06T 0339/06T 0079/07T 0993/07T 1495/09T 1577/10T 0548/11T 0830/11T 0037/12T 0115/12T 0066/14T 0318/14T 2099/15T 0146/16T 1661/16T 1835/17T 2117/17T 0647/18T 0806/18T 1417/18T 2703/18T 0571/19T 0929/19T 2000/21T 0644/24
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that the question of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is to be answered as follows: Unity of invention (Article 82 EPC) does not come under the requirements which a European patent and the invention to which it relates must meet under Article 102(3) EPC when the patent is maintained in amended form. It is consequently irrelevant in opposition proceedings that the European patent as granted or amended does not meet the requirement of unity.