European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1983:T003782.19830729 | ||||||||
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Date of decision: | 29 July 1983 | ||||||||
Case number: | T 0037/82 | ||||||||
Application number: | 78101828.8 | ||||||||
IPC class: | - | ||||||||
Language of proceedings: | DE | ||||||||
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Title of application: | - | ||||||||
Applicant name: | Siemens | ||||||||
Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
Headnote: | I. Where a technical feature was clearly disclosed in the original application but its effect was not mentioned or not mentioned fully, yet it can be deduced from the original application on the basis of normal expert considerations, subsequent clarification of that effect in the description does not contravene Article 123(2) EPC. II. In assessing the inventive step of a combination of features consideration must be given to a feature only if the applicant has provided evidence that it contributes either independently or in conjunction with one or more of the other features, to the solution of the problem set in the description. |
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Keywords: | Amendment to claims Combination of features Inventive step - effect not mentioned Inventive step - dimensions Subsequent specification of effect |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t820037ep1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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