T 0066/85 (Connector) du 09.12.1987
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T006685.19871209
- Date de la décision
- 9 décembre 1987
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0066/85
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 80301128.7
- Classe de la CIB
- H01R 23/66
- 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
- 3.5.01
- Sommaire
1. If a technical feature is deleted from a claim in the course of prosecution of a European patent application in order not to exclude from protection certain embodiments of the invention, the broadening of the claim does not contravene Article 123(2) EPC as long as there is a basis for a claim lacking this feature in the application as originally filed. It is immaterial whether or not the feature in question is relevant to the inventive concept of the claimed subject-matter.
2. When certain embodiments of an invention, which would be included in the scope of a claim by broadening its terms (e.g. by deleting a technical feature from the claim), are disclosed solely in the drawings as originally filed such broadening does not contravene Article 123(2) EPC if the person skilled in the art can clearly and unambiguously recognise these embodiments from the drawings.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Mots-clés
- Broadening of claim (allowed) - basis solely in drawings
- 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 dated 18 October 1984 is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the Examining Division with the order to continue the examination on the basis that Claim 1 filed on 25 January 1984 does not contravene Article 123(2) EPC.