T 0002/83 (Simethicone Tablet) of 15.3.1984

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1984:T000283.19840315
Date of decision: 15 March 1984
Case number: T 0002/83
Application number: 79105188.1
IPC class: -
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: -
Applicant name: Rider
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: I. The discovery of an unrecognised problem may in certain circumstances give rise to patentable subject-matter in spite of the fact that the claimed solution is retrospectively trivial and in itself obvious ("problem-inventions").
II. In a case where the applicant had supplemented a known layered tablet by the provision of a barrier between the layers, the Board held that the proper question to be asked was not whether the skilled man could have provided the barrier but whether he would have done so in expectation of some improvement or advantage.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Inventive step - problem unrecognised
Inventive step - problem invention
Problem invention
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