| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T023888.19910425 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 25 April 1991 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0238/88 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 84108391.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G01N 27/30 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Kodak | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.03 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The clarity of a claim is not diminished by the mere breadth of a term of art (e.g. "alkyl") contained in it, if the meaning of such term - either per se or in the light of the description - is unambiguous for a person skilled in the art. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Amendment to claim (allowable) Disclosure sufficient - relevant examples available Clarity - broad technical term of art allowable Interpretation of terms in claim by description (affirmed) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t880238ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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