T 0830/90 (Secrecy agreement) du 23.07.1993
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T083090.19930723
- Date de la décision
- 23 juilliet 1993
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0830/90
- En ligne le
- 3 septembre 1993
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 85104769.6
- Classe de la CIB
- B63B 11/02
- 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
- Vorrichtung zum Verfahren von Querwänden auf Schiffen
- Nom du demandeur
- Macor Marine Systems
- Nom de l'opposant
- Kvaerner Brug
- Chambre
- 3.2.01
- Sommaire
1. A secrecy agreement which rules out availability to the public does not necessarily have to be a contract made in writing.
2. The content of a business meeting is not deemed to have been made available to the public within the meaning of Article 54(2) EPC if the parties concerned understood it to be secret and no breach of secrecy has been established.
3. An understanding of this kind may be reached at a business meeting in the context of a joint technical development if the parties are assumed to have parallel interests and if there is a secrecy proviso agreed verbally and based on a stamp on a drawing.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 114(1) 1973
- Mots-clés
- Novelty (yes)
Prior public use
Availability to the public ruled out by secrecy agreement between business partners (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Board's limited duty to examine on the withdrawal of one of the parties from the proceedings - Exergue
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- Affaires citées
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The contested decision is set aside.
2. The patent is maintained as granted.