European Patent Office

T 0412/91 (Alloy steel powder/KAWASAKI) du 27.02.1996

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T041291.19960227
Date de la décision
27 février 1996
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0412/91
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
84306525.1
Classe de la CIB
C22C 33/02
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
An alloy steel powder for high strength sintered parts
Nom du demandeur
KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION
Nom de l'opposant
Höganäs
Chambre
3.2.02
Sommaire
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Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
European Patent Convention Art 54 1973
Mots-clés
Novelty - prior disclosure - erroneous (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Exergue
T 77/87, OJ EPO 1990, 280, defined the state of the art for the purposes of Article 54 EPC as including what had been made available to the skilled person as a matter of technical reality, and on that basis excluded from the state of the art a feature of a cited abstract shown to be wrong by reference to the patent on which it was based, and to which the abstract referred. Later decisions reflect that fact that published matter may also be excluded from the state of the art if it is so implausible in the eyes of the skilled reader that he would reject it as erroneous, or where, as in the present case, the same conclusion is based on the combined effect of internal contradiction and a readily accessible relevant external disclosure.

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.