T 0201/83 (Lead alloys) of 9.5.1984

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1984:T020183.19840509
Date of decision: 09 May 1984
Case number: T 0201/83
Application number: 80200322.8
IPC class: -
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: -
Applicant name: Shell
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: An amendment of a concentration range in a claim for a mixture, such as an alloy, is allowable on the basis of a particular value described in a specific example, provided the skilled man could have readily recognised this value as not so closely associated with the other features of the example as to determine the effect of that embodiment of the invention as a whole in a unique manner and to a significant degree.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
Keywords: Selection invention
Amendment of claims
Claims/amendment
Disclosure - characteristics implicitly contained
Limitation of claim - selection, qualitative, quantitative
Limitation of value ranges
Catchwords:

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