T 0291/85 (Catalyst) of 23.7.1987

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T029185.19870723
Date of decision: 23 July 1987
Case number: T 0291/85
Application number: 79104244.3
IPC class: C08F 4/52
Language of proceedings: DE
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Title of application: -
Applicant name: Bayer
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Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: If a citation gives detailed information about a further development of a prior art described only in very general terms without quoting a specific source, it is not permissible in examining for novelty to combine these general statements with the specific statements made solely in order to explain the said development unless a person skilled in the art would have made the combination when reading the citation.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Novelty
Combination of teaching of invention and reference of state of the art
Inventive step (affirmed)
Departure from prior art in conjunction with partial selection
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Cited decisions:
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Citing decisions:
T 0739/93
T 0685/97
T 0725/98
T 0333/02
T 0463/07

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t850291ep1.html

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