T 0002/83 (Simethicone Tablet) du 15.03.1984

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence

ECLI:EP:BA:1984:T000283.19840315

Date de la décision

15 mars 1984

Numéro de l'affaire

T 0002/83

Requête en révision de

Numéro de la demande

79105188.1

Classe de la CIB

Langue de la procédure

Anglais

Distribution

Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)

Téléchargement

Décision en anglais

Versions JO

Autres décisions pour cet affaire

Résumés pour cette décision

Titre de la demande

Nom du demandeur

Rider

Nom de l'opposant

Chambre

3.3.01

Sommaire

I. The discovery of an unrecognised problem may in certain circumstances give rise to patentable subject-matter in spite of the fact that the claimed solution is retrospectively trivial and in itself obvious ("problem-inventions").

II. In a case where the applicant had supplemented a known layered tablet by the provision of a barrier between the layers, the Board held that the proper question to be asked was not whether the skilled man could have provided the barrier but whether he would have done so in expectation of some improvement or advantage.

Dispositions juridiques pertinentes

European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973

Mots-clés

Inventive step - problem unrecognised
Inventive step - problem invention
Problem invention

Exergue

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ORDER

For these reasons, It is decided that:

1. The decision of the Examining Division dated 20 July 1982 is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a European patent on the basis of the following documents: (1) Description: Pages l, 2, 4 and 10 (renumbered as 9) of the original patent application; Pages 3, 6 and 10, received on 5 March 1984 with letter of 2 March 1984; Pages 5, 7, 8 and 11, received on 10 March 1984 with letter of 8 March 1984. (2) Claims: Nos. 1 to 5 (Page 1), received on 10 March 1984 with letter of 8 March 1984; No. 6 (page 2), received on 5 March 1984 with letter of 2 March 1984. (3) Drawings: Page 1/1 (Figs. 1 to 3), received on 10 March 1984 with letter of 8 March 1984.