T 0122/84 (Metallic paint coating) of 29.7.1986

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T012284.19860729
Date of decision: 29 July 1986
Case number: T 0122/84
Application number: 80103580.9
IPC class: C09D 5/38
Language of proceedings: DE
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Versions: OJ
Title of application: -
Applicant name: Hoechst
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: If an opponent only claims that an invention cannot be carried out as required by Articles 83 and 100(b) EPC after the opposition period has expired, the submission may, applying the principle of examination by the European Patent Office of its own motion as set out in Article 114(1) EPC, be disregarded under Article 114(2) EPC. The decision of whether or not to take account of the submission is a matter for the discretion of the department concerned and requires no reasoned justification (Reasons for the Decision 9 - 14).
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100(b)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 114
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Non-reproducibility as ground for opposition
Late submission
Examination by the European Patent Office of its own motion
Inventive step (accepted)
Stroke of luck
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Cited decisions:
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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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