T 0005/91 (Sealing gasket/ILPEA) of 24.6.1993

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T000591.19930624

Date of decision:

24 June 1993

Case number:

T 0005/91

Application number:

85200119.7

IPC class:

F25D 23/08

Language of proceedings:

Distribution:

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Title of application:

Sealing gasket between a door and its related shoulder on a cabinet, in particular of a refrigerator

Applicant name:

ILPEA S.p.A.

Opponent name:

REHAU AG & Co.

Board:

3.2.03

Headnote:

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56

Keywords:

Inventive step (no) - Secondary indicia - commercial success

Catchwords:

The commercial success of an invention in a technical field of intense activity, even if proven to be attributable to the claimed subject-matter cannot reverse the conclusion of obviousness arrived at objectively by the problem-solution approach in a case where the solution is suggested by combining the principle of operation of the nearest prior art with the common general knowledge of the person skilled in the art.

Cited decisions:

T 0024/81

Citing decisions:

T 0373/94

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t910005eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021