T 0081/87 (Preprorennin) of 24.1.1989

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1989:T008187.19890124
Date of decision: 24 January 1989
Case number: T 0081/87
Application number: 82100124.5
IPC class: C12N 15/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 723 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: Collaborative
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: In accordance with Article 87(1) EPC a European patent application is only entitled to priority in respect of the same invention as was disclosed in the previous application. This means that the subject-matter of the claims of the European application must be clearly identifiable in the previous application as a whole. Identical wording is not required. In order to give rise to priority the disclosure of all the essential elements, i.e. features of the invention in the priority document must either be express, or be directly and unambiguously implied by the text as filed. Missing elements which are to be recognised as essential only later on, are thus not part of the disclosure.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 87(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 88(4)
Keywords: Priority - missing essential features
Priority - same invention in previous and subsequent application
Sufficiency - inclusion of future invention
Novelty - enabling disclosure
Catchwords:

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