European Patent Office

T 0544/88 (Reduction in NOx content) du 17.04.1989

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:1989:T054488.19890417
Date de la décision
17 avril 1989
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0544/88
En ligne le
16 juin 1989
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
85100682.5
Classe de la CIB
B01D 53/36
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
Uhde
Nom de l'opposant
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Chambre
3.4.01
Sommaire

1. If an applicant, in response to a lack-of-unity objection under Article 82 EPC, files new claims allegedly relating to an invention meeting the unity requirement, examination should be continued even if the other application documents have not been limited to the subject-matter of those claims.

2. However, the Examining Division may request the applicant to bring the description and drawings into line with the valid claims (Rule 27(1)(d) EPC) and to delete from the patent documents those parts of the description and drawings which do not refer to claimed inventions (Rule 34(1)(c) EPC). It will then be necessary to check in each individual case whether such adjustments ought to be deferred until allowable claims are submitted.

Mots-clés
Lack of unity - continuation of examination procedure
Exergue
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Affaires citées
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Affaires citantes
T 1989/18

ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The contested decision is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the Examining Division for further examination on the basis of Claims 1 to 8 filed on 21 October 1988.