T 0171/84 (Redox Catalyst) of 24.10.1985

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1985:T017184.19851024
Date of decision: 24 October 1985
Case number: T 0171/84
Application number: 79300136.3
IPC class: C09D 5/02
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 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: Air Products
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: An error in the description (in the present case, an incorrect numerical value in the only example) is immaterial to the sufficiency of the disclosure if the skilled person could recognise and rectify it using his common general knowledge.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 R 27(1)(f)
Keywords: Disclosure/sufficiency of
Reproducibility of example
Common general knowledge
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
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T 0358/88
T 0453/88
T 0475/88
T 0580/88
T 0772/89
T 0148/91
T 0671/94
T 0676/94
T 0172/95
T 0655/96
T 0818/97
T 0890/02
T 0319/05
T 1531/05
T 0641/07
T 1459/08
T 0348/11
T 0803/12
T 2074/14
T 0377/17

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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