T 0052/82 (Winding apparatus) of 18.3.1983

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1983:T005282.19830318
Date of decision: 18 March 1983
Case number: T 0052/82
Application number: 78300409.6
IPC class: -
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 265 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: Rieter
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.2.01
Headnote: An amended claim does not contain subject-matter which extends beyond the content of the application as filed, if the preamble to the claim has been amended by substituting an appropriate more general term, which is apt to define a feature common to both the closest prior art described in the application as filed and the invention which is the subject of the application, for a specific term which was not apt to define that feature of the prior art.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
Keywords: Amendment - preamble of claim
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
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Citing decisions:
T 0248/88
T 0118/89
T 0392/89
T 0688/90
T 0055/96
T 0285/07

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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