| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T048894.19970702 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 02 July 1997 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0488/94 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 90109811.1 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G03G 15/16 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Image forming apparatus | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.4.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Inventive step - (yes) after amendment Basis of decisions - opportunity to comment (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes) |
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Before refusing an application in the case of main and auxiliary requests, the Examining Division in accordance with Article 113(1) EPC will not only have to communicate its arguments regarding non-allowability of the main request to the applicant, but also regarding non-allowability of the auxiliary request if the result of the subsequent examination of the auxiliary request is also negative. A "direct" rejection of an auxiliary request without preceding communication of the grounds on which the rejection of an auxiliary request without preceding communication of the grounds on which the rejection is based would only comply with the requirements of Article 113(1) EPC under rather exceptional circumstances (see reasons 3. to 3.6). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t940488eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021