| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T021106.20070425 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 25 April 2007 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0211/06 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 01982798.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B01J 37/02 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Processing method utilizing display information and cell structure processed by the processing method | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | NGK INSULATORS, LTD. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.07 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Internal art and subjective laboratory practice - not prior art under Article 54(2) EPC, and not a possible correct starting point for assessing inventive step |
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Disclosure in the application as filed which turns out on the available evidence not to be prior art under Article 54(2) EPC cannot be used as starting point for assessing inventive step nor can subjective "laboratory practice" put forward by the examining division without any objective evidence that this was knowledge available to the public be used as a starting point for assessing inventive step. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t060211eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021