T 0560/89 (Filler mass) du 24.04.1991

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence: ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T056089.19910424
Date de la décision: 24 avril 1991
Numéro de l'affaire: T 0560/89
Requête en révision de: -
Numéro de la demande: 82100325.8
Classe de la CIB: F17C 11/00
Langue de la procédure: Anglais
Distribution: Non distribuées (D)
Téléchargement: Décision en anglais
Versions JO: Allemand
Anglais
Français
Autres décisions pour cet affaire: -
Résumés pour cette décision: -
Titre de la demande: -
Nom du demandeur: N.I.Industries
Nom de l'opposant: Linde
Chambre: 3.3.02
Sommaire: A person skilled in the art who is confronted with a technical problem in a specific technical field would consider consulting another technical field where the same problem is well known to the general public owing to widespread debate thereon, even if this other field is neither a neighbouring field nor a broader general field provided that there exists a relationship between the kinds of materials used in the specific field and those used in this other field (see point 5 of the Reasons for the Decision; further to T 176/84, OJ EPO 1986,50 and T 195/84, OJ EPO 1986,121).
Dispositions juridiques pertinentes: European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
Mots-clés: Relevant state of the art
Problem well known to the public in a different technical field
Related materials
Inventive step (affirmed) - unexpected function
Exergue: -
Affaires citées: -
Affaires citantes: T 0955/90 T 0107/92 T 0469/92 T 0675/92 T 0023/94 T 0257/94 T 0379/96 T 0569/96 T 0237/03 T 0520/03 T 0881/05 T 2227/15 T 1731/20 T 1787/20 T 1218/24

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 the order to maintain the patent in an amended form on the basis of the European patent specification, pages 1-3 and 6-11 as granted, and pages 4, 5 and 12 as submitted during the oral proceedings.