| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T124204.20061020 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 20 October 2006 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1242/04 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 02026715.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06F 17/60 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | DE | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Aktiengesellschaft | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | I. Rule 45 EPC relates only to the practicability of a search and not to the potential relevance of its results in subsequent substantive examination (Reasons 8.3). II. Where the application's subject-matter has non-technical aspects, a declaration under Rule 45 EPC may be issued only in exceptional cases in which the claimed subject-matter, i.e. the entire set of claims including all independent and dependent claims, clearly has no technical character (Reasons 8.4). |
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| Keywords: | Declaration under Rule 45 EPC Additional search Enlarged Board of Appeal - referral by board of appeal (no Remittal (yes - on basis of "further" auxiliary request) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t041242ep1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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