| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T025591.19910912 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 12 September 1991 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0255/91 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 86103489.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B01D 53/04 C01B 13/02 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Air Products | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.4.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | A patent application cannot serve as a basis for claiming a right of priority for a European application under Article 87(1) EPC where an application has been filed prior to the said application and this subsequent application is distinguished from the previous application only by a limitation of the scope of protection (e.g. a disclaimer) which does not change the nature of the invention (cf. T 73/88 "Snackfood/HOWARD", headnote published in OJ 1990,No.5). This, of course, does not apply where Article 87(4) EPC is applicable, i.e. the previous first application has left no rights outstanding. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Claimed priority (no) Novelty (no) Prior application by legal predecessors of applicant, disclosing same features with large range of values Limitation (e.g. "disclaimer) limits the scope, but does not change the nature of the invention |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t910255ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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