T 0404/03 (Doubles detection/CUMMINS-ALLISON) of 12.7.2006

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T040403.20060712
Date of decision: 12 July 2006
Case number: T 0404/03
Application number: 93913952.3
IPC class: G06K 9/00
G07D 7/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 31 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting
Applicant name: CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION
Opponent name: GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GmbH
Board: 3.5.01
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
Keywords: Allowable generalisation - all requests (no)
Deletion of features - essentiality test
Catchwords:

In the present Board's view, the cases of deletion of features and addition of features should be distinguished with respect to allowability of amendments under Article 123(2) EPC since the former only removes elements that have been originally disclosed and hence may be judged by a skilled person to be inessential to the invention, whereas the latter adds new elements lacking any basis whatsoever in the original disclosure (see points 10 to 12 of the reasons).

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G 0003/89
G 0001/93
G 0002/98
T 0201/83
T 0331/87
T 0073/88
T 0910/03
Citing decisions:
T 0166/04
T 0461/05
T 1840/07
T 0209/09
T 2359/09
T 0648/10
T 1852/13

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