T 0212/88 (Theta-1) of 8.5.1990

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1990:T021288.19900508
Date of decision: 08 May 1990
Case number: T 0212/88
Application number: 82300043.5
IPC class: C01B 33/28
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
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: British Petroleum
Opponent name: ICI PLC
Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: 1. A decision cannot be cancelled by the instance which issued it, but can only be corrected under Rule 89 EPC.
2. The correction of a mistake in a decision under Rule 89 EPC has a retrospective effect. 3.. All requests by parties, including any request for apportionment of costs, should be made before announcement of the decision at the conclusion of oral proceedings.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 69
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 87(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 104(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 114(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 29(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 76(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 89
Keywords: Sufficiency (yes)
Commercially available starting materials
Supplementation of specific disclosure by general knowledge
Priority (allowed) - no creation of another invention by addition of error margins to measured parameters
Apportionment of costs (no)
Minutes of the oral proceedings
Correction of error
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
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T 0116/90
T 0435/91
T 0521/92
T 0923/92
T 0134/94
T 0476/94
T 0919/94
T 0048/95
T 0780/95
T 0225/96
T 0212/97
T 0231/99
T 0993/06
T 0079/07
T 0130/07
T 0559/07
T 1407/07
T 0482/08
T 0596/11
T 1449/17

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