T 0449/04 () of 25.2.2006 | XEPC: EPC and PCT resource

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T044904.20060225

Date of decision:

25 February 2006

Case number:

T 0449/04

Application number:

00127544.5

IPC class:

C22C 38/08

Language of proceedings:

Distribution:

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 66Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

Maraging steel having high fatigue strength and maraging steel strip made of same

Applicant name:

HITACHI METALS, LTD.

Opponent name:

Board:

3.2.02

Headnote:

The "same invention" considered in Article 87(1) EPC (the same requirement as for "the same subject matter" in the first application) does not encompass the comparative examples which are clearly and definitely excluded from the scope of the invention in the earlier application D1.

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 87

Keywords:

Priority right (yes)
First application - same invention

Catchwords:

Cited decisions:

G 0002/98
T 0693/97

Citing decisions:

T 1821/15

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t040449eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021