W 0032/88 (Process - apparatus) of 28.11.1988

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1988:W003288.19881128
Date of decision: 28 November 1988
Case number: W 0032/88
Application number: -
IPC class: G01N 33/58
Language of proceedings: FR
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Board: 3.4.01
Headnote: An invitation to pay an additional fee on the grounds that an international application concerning a process and an apparatus relates to two different inventions whereas the apparatus is specifically designed for carrying out the process has no legal basis, even if the claims for the apparatus are not restricted to such use.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 154(3)
Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 17(3)(a)
Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13(1)
Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13(2)(ii)
Patent Cooperation Treaty R 40(1)
Patent Cooperation Treaty R 40(2)(c)
Keywords: Apparatus specifically designed for carrying out a process
Process - apparatus
Apparatus - other applications
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