| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T068402.20071012 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 12 October 2007 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0684/02 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 90310971.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H01B 3/44 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Low dissipation-factor fluorocarbon resins and cables prepared therefrom | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Dyneon LLC | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.03 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Amendments - reinstatement of features (no) Amendments - opposition proceedings Costs - apportionment - (no) Novelty - Effects of processes Novelty - prior disclosure and common general knowledge |
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1. The Enlarged Board of Appeal limited its Orders in G 0002/88 (part (iii)) and in G 0006/88 explicitly to a claim to the "use of a known compound", in which a technical effect should be interpreted as a functional technical feature. In the Board's view, this leaves no room for further expansion of this ruling to claims worded otherwise (Nos. 5.3.4 and 5.3.5 of the reasons). 2. The Board shares the view expressed in No. 3.2.3 of the reasons in T 0210/93 that the use of a process for a particular purpose is "nothing but that very same process" (No. 5.6 of the reasons). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t020684eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021