| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1985:T019584.19851010 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 10 October 1985 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0195/84 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 81200789.6 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | - | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Boeing | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The state of the art to be considered when examining for inventive step includes, as well as that in the specific field of the application, the state of any relevant art in neighbouring fields and the state of the art in a non-specific (general) field dealing with the solution of any general technical problem which the application seeks to solve in its specific field. Such solutions of general technical problems in non-specific (general) fields must be considered to form part of the general technical knowledge which a priori is to be attributed to those skilled persons versed in any specific technical field. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Inventive step - neighbouring fields General technical knowledge |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t840195ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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