T 0818/03 (Copper Coating/ALPHA FRY LIMITED) of 6.7.2005

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European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T081803.20050706

Date of decision:

06 July 2005

Case number:

T 0818/03

Application number:

95940366.8

IPC class:

H05K 3/38

Language of proceedings:

Distribution:

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 74Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

Copper Coating

Applicant name:

Alpha Fry limited

Opponent name:

MacDermid Incorporated

Board:

3.4.03

Headnote:

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84

Keywords:

Clarity of claim amended in opposition proceedings (no)

Catchwords:

A claim must be considered to lack clarity if it sets out insufficiently clearly both the necessary parameters of the method and the relevant characteristic features of the result.

Cited decisions:

T 0153/85
T 1126/97

Citing decisions:

T 0522/09
T 2227/14

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t030818eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021