European Patent Office

T 0212/88 (Theta-1) du 08.05.1990

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:1990:T021288.19900508
Date de la décision
8 mai 1990
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0212/88
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
82300043.5
Classe de la CIB
C01B 33/28
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
British Petroleum
Nom de l'opposant
ICI PLC
Chambre
3.3.01
Sommaire

1. A decision cannot be cancelled by the instance which issued it, but can only be corrected under Rule 89 EPC.

2. The correction of a mistake in a decision under Rule 89 EPC has a retrospective effect. 3.. All requests by parties, including any request for apportionment of costs, should be made before announcement of the decision at the conclusion of oral proceedings.

Mots-clés
Sufficiency (yes)
Commercially available starting materials
Supplementation of specific disclosure by general knowledge
Priority (allowed) - no creation of another invention by addition of error margins to measured parameters
Apportionment of costs (no)
Minutes of the oral proceedings
Correction of error
Exergue
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Affaires citées
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with an order to maintain the patent in accordance with the main request.

3. The request for apportionment of costs by the Appellant is refused.