T 0784/89 (Disclosure of computer related apparatus) du 06.11.1990
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1990:T078489.19901106
- Date de la décision
- 6 novembre 1990
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0784/89
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 84113819.1
- Classe de la CIB
- G01N 24/08
- 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
- General Electric
- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.4.02
- Sommaire
1. When a patent application as filed discloses explicitly a method for producing a particular effect and a plurality of mathematical expressions and pulse sequences corresponding to a suitable program, and when it also discloses implicitly a programmable apparatus by reference to a prior art document, such an apparatus when suitably programmed for carrying out the method for producing said particular effect is considered as disclosed in the application as filed in the sense of Article 123(2) EPC.
2. However, it is only this specific combination which is disclosed and not an apparatus for carrying out said method or for producing said particular effect, such an apparatus being also suitable for carrying out other methods or for producing other effects. Therefore, claims directed to such an apparatus for carrying out the method or for producing said particular effect are not allowable since a patent having such claims would contain subject-matter which extends beyond the content of the application as filed (Article 123(2) EPC).
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Mots-clés
- Disclosure of computer related apparatus
Apparatus not disclosed originally (Main request and auxiliary requests No.1-5; disclosed (auxiliary request No.6) - 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 the order to grant a patent on the basis of the auxiliary request No. 6 of the Appellant presented at the oral proceedings of 6 November 1990, which reads as follows:
Description: pages 1 to 13 as filed during the oral proceedings:
Claims: No.1 to 13 and 15 to 26 as filed during the oral proceedings, with Claim 28 of the main request substituted for Claim 14;
Drawings: Sheets 1/2 and 2/2 as originally filed.