European Patent Office

T 0201/83 (Lead alloys) du 09.05.1984

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:1984:T020183.19840509
Date de la décision
9 mai 1984
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0201/83
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
80200322.8
Classe de la CIB
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Langue de la procédure
Anglais
Distribution
Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
Téléchargement
Décision en anglais
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
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Nom de l'opposant
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Chambre
3.3.01
Sommaire

An amendment of a concentration range in a claim for a mixture, such as an alloy, is allowable on the basis of a particular value described in a specific example, provided the skilled man could have readily recognised this value as not so closely associated with the other features of the example as to determine the effect of that embodiment of the invention as a whole in a unique manner and to a significant degree.

Mots-clés
Selection invention
Amendment of claims
Claims/amendment
Disclosure - characteristics implicitly contained
Limitation of claim - selection, qualitative, quantitative
Limitation of value ranges
Exergue
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Affaires citées
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ORDER

For these reasons, It is decided that:

1. The Decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office dated 8 July 1983 is set aside.

2. The application is remitted to the first instance in order to carry out a substantial examination as to the patentability of the claim submitted with the letter of the 7 March 1984 (received on 10 March 1984) and the propriety of any amendments consequential thereto.