T 0841/95 () of 13.6.1996

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T084195.19960613
Date of decision: 13 June 1996
Case number: T 0841/95
Application number: 92110113.5
IPC class: B01L 3/02
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Method of aspirating and dispensing a liquid using a self- cleaning pipette tip
Applicant name: Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.4.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
Keywords: Claims - clarity - yes (after amendments)
Catchwords:

Where a claim for an apparatus seeks to define the invention by reference to features of the use to which the apparatus is to be put, a lack of clarity can result. However, if the subject- matter of the application is an apparatus and it is not viable to define the apparatus in a way other than with reference to said use, an apparatus claim directed to a combination of apparatus and use defining unambiguously the apparatus can be clear (cf. the Guidelines, C-III.4.8a).

Cited decisions:
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Citing decisions:
T 0181/96
T 1001/97

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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