G 0001/92 (Availability to the public) of 18.12.1992

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1992:G000192.19921218

Date of decision:

18 December 1992

Case number:

G 0001/92

Application number:

-

IPC class:

-

Language of proceedings:

EN

Distribution:

A

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 269Â KB)
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Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	OJ \| Published

Title of application:

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Applicant name:

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Opponent name:

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Board:

EBA

Headnote:

1. The chemical composition of a product is state of the art when the product as such is available to the public and can be analysed and reproduced by the skilled person, irrespective of whether or not particular reasons can be identified for analysing the composition.
2. The same principle applies mutatis mutandis to any other product.

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 112(1)(a)

Keywords:

Novelty
State of the art
Availability
Composition of the product
Public prior use

Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:

T 0406/86
T 0093/89

Citing decisions:

T 0089/91
T 0627/91
T 0083/92
T 0223/92
T 0267/92
T 0327/92
T 0472/92
T 0952/92
T 0210/93
T 0268/93
T 0443/93
T 0886/93
T 0951/93
T 0977/93
T 0097/94
T 0301/94
T 0667/94
T 0098/95
T 0144/95
T 0277/95
T 0721/95
T 0080/96
T 0165/96
T 0459/96
T 0461/96
T 0494/96
T 0571/96
T 0375/97
T 0622/97
T 0633/97
T 1046/97
T 1054/97
T 0102/98
T 0219/98
T 0226/98
T 0861/98
T 0910/98
T 0940/98
T 0431/99
T 0947/99
T 1095/99
T 0182/00
T 0426/00
T 0427/00
T 0208/01
T 0292/01
T 0326/01
T 0583/01
T 0794/01
T 1146/01
T 1217/01
T 0030/02
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T 0326/02
T 0370/02
T 0613/02
T 0497/03
T 0018/04
T 0359/04
T 0633/04
T 0690/04
T 0946/04
T 1169/04
T 0001/05
T 0485/05
T 0535/05
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T 1464/05
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T 1666/16
T 1575/17
T 2114/17
T 0192/18

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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