T 0658/03 () of 7.10.2004

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T065803.20041007
Date of decision: 07 October 2004
Case number: T 0658/03
Application number: 96913550.8
IPC class: C08F 210/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 50 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Amorphous olefin co/ter-polymers
Applicant name: OPTATECH CORPORATION
Opponent name: Ticona GmbH
Board: 3.3.03
Headnote: Any change of attribution of claimed subject-matter in an application or patent having different (sets of) claims for different contracting states, to a contracting state under which this subject-matter was not previously subsumed, amounts to an amendment in the sense of Article 123 EPC. Such an amendment is subject, in principle, to full examination as to its conformity with the requirements of the EPC.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(3)
Keywords: Amendments - Art. 123(2) and (3) - added subject-matter (yes) (main request, auxiliary requests I, IV, V) extension of protection conferred (yes) (auxiliary request VI)
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0010/91
T 0133/92
T 0341/92
Citing decisions:
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t030658eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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