| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T056196.19970116 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 16 January 1997 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0561/96 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 93117732.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G03G 15/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Diagnosis system for an electrostatic recording apparatus | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | HITACHI, LTD., et al | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.4.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Additional subject-matter (no) Disclosure sufficiently detailed (yes) |
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The fact that an Examining Division, after having raised an objection under Article 83 EPC, nevertheless acknowledged novelty and inventive step of an invention indicates that the invention could be unambiguously understandable for a person skilled in the art. In that case missing details crucial for carrying out the invention can be picked up, if necessary, from factual references to the prior art contained in the description. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t960561eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021