| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043714.20161017 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 17 October 2016 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0437/14 | ||||||||
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal: | G 0001/16 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 08003327.7 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H01L 51/30 C09K 11/06 H05B 33/14 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Complexes of form L2IrX | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | The Trustees of Princeton University The University of Southern California |
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| Opponent name: | Merck Patent GmbH Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd. BASF SE |
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| Board: | 3.3.09 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Fundamental question of law Divergence in case law Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty over transient rather than intermediate product in prior art (point 5.4 of the reasons) Inventive step Validity of priority claim |
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The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for decision: 1. Is the standard referred to in G 2/10 for the allowability of disclosed disclaimers under Article 123(2) EPC, i.e. whether the skilled person would, using common general knowledge, regard the subject-matter remaining in the claim after the introduction of the disclaimer as explicitly or implicitly, but directly and unambiguously, disclosed in the application as filed, also to be applied to claims containing undisclosed disclaimers? 2. If the answer to the first question is yes, is G 1/03 set aside as regards the exceptions relating to undisclosed disclaimers defined in its answer 2.1? 3. If the answer to the second question is no, i.e. if the exceptions relating to undisclosed disclaimers defined in answer 2.1 of G 1/03 apply in addition to the standard referred to in G 2/10, may this standard be modified in view of these exceptions? |
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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021