T 0233/90 (Recording medium) du 08.07.1992
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1992:T023390.19920708
- Date de la décision
- 8 juilliet 1992
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0233/90
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 83306618.6
- Classe de la CIB
- G11B 5/70
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Distribuées aux présidents et aux membres des chambres de recours (B)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Versions JO
- Aucun lien JO trouvé
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- Magnetic recording medium
- Nom du demandeur
- Konica Corporation
- Nom de l'opposant
- 01) Bayer AG, Leverkusen Konzernverwaltung RP
02) BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen - Chambre
- 3.3.02
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973
- Mots-clés
- Novelty (no) - implicit disclosure
Usual manner on the effective date of this document - Only one usual manner on this date - Exergue
- When assessing novelty, it is not permissible to "combine" separate items of prior art together. Only the actual content of a prior document as it would have been understood by a skilled person on its effective date can destroy novelty. In the case of a prior document according to Article 54(3), the effective date is the date of filing or the priority date of the said document. However, in a case such as the present, where the document according to Article 54(3) refers to "a usual manner" of preparing a product, it is permissible to use documents of reference such as handbooks, encyclopaedia or dictionaries in order to determine what the skilled person would have understood by such a reference on the effective date of the prior document.
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The main request is rejected.
3. The case is remitted to the Opposition Division for further prosecution on the basis of auxiliary requests A to D.