T 0037/85 (Pouring ladles) of 13.1.1987

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T003785.19870113
Date of decision: 13 January 1987
Case number: T 0037/85
Application number: 80100163.7
IPC class: B22D 11/10
B22D 41/06
Language of proceedings: DE
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Title of application: -
Applicant name: Mannesmann
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.2.01
Headnote: In assessing the inventive step involved in an invention based on a combination of features one must consider whether or not the state of the art was such as to suggest to a skilled person precisely the combination of features claimed. The fact that an individual feature or a number of features were known does not conclusively show the obviousness of a combination.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Inventive step - combination of features
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