| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2015:J001214.20150327 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 27 March 2015 | ||||||||
| Case number: | J 0012/14 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 12150772.7 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A41D 13/00 A41D 31/02 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | D | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Performance apparel with flexible portion | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Reebok International Limited | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.1.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Drawings to be added to application documents - no Formal examination procedure before the Receiving Section |
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1. The filing of drawings where the re-production of the figures is of low visual quality cannot be remedied by Rule 56 EPC. 2. It is within the responsibility of the applicant to determine the scope of the disclosure by selecting a readable version of the application documents including the figures reproduced in the drawings. However, the question of what technical features the figures in the drawings show with respect to the claimed invention is not part of the formal examination procedure before the Receiving Section. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/j140012eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021