T 0449/04 () of 25.2.2006

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: EN
Distribution: B
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 66 KB)
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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Versions: Unpublished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

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