| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T020683.19860326 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 26 March 1986 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0206/83 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 78300203.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | - | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | ICI | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | A document (in this case a co-pending European application) does not effectively disclose a chemical compound, even though it states the structure and the steps by which it is produced, if the skilled person is unable to find out from the document or from common general knowledge how to obtain the required starting materials or intermediates. Information which can only be obtained after a comprehensive search is not to be regarded as part of common general knowledge. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Novelty - enabling disclosure Sufficiency Common general knowledge |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t830206ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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