T 0133/85 (Amendments) of 25.8.1987

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T013385.19870825
Date of decision: 25 August 1987
Case number: T 0133/85
Application number: 80302390.2
IPC class: B65H 29/12
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 740 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: Document handling apparatus and method
Applicant name: Xerox
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.2.01
Headnote: 1. A claim which does not include a feature which is described in the application (on the proper interpretation of the description) as an essential feature of the invention, and which is therefore inconsistent with the description, is not supported by the description for the purpose of Article 84 EPC.
2. If such feature was described as an essential feature of the invention in the application as originally filed, an amendment to the description to provide support for such a claim (as in subparagraph 1 above) is not allowable under Article 123(2) EPC, because the amended description would contain subject-matter which extends beyond the content of the application as filed - namely information that such feature was not an essential feature of the invention.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
Keywords: Claim not supported by description - essential feature missing in the claim
Added subject-matter deletion of essential feature in description
Catchwords:

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