T 0560/89 (Filler mass) of 24.4.1991

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T056089.19910424
Date of decision: 24 April 1991
Case number: T 0560/89
Application number: 82100325.8
IPC class: F17C 11/00
Language of proceedings: EN
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 704 KB)
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: N.I.Industries
Opponent name: Linde
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: A person skilled in the art who is confronted with a technical problem in a specific technical field would consider consulting another technical field where the same problem is well known to the general public owing to widespread debate thereon, even if this other field is neither a neighbouring field nor a broader general field provided that there exists a relationship between the kinds of materials used in the specific field and those used in this other field (see point 5 of the Reasons for the Decision; further to T 176/84, OJ EPO 1986,50 and T 195/84, OJ EPO 1986,121).
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Relevant state of the art
Problem well known to the public in a different technical field
Related materials
Inventive step (affirmed) - unexpected function
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
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Citing decisions:
T 0955/90
T 0107/92
T 0469/92
T 0675/92
T 0023/94
T 0257/94
T 0379/96
T 0569/96
T 0237/03
T 0520/03
T 0881/05
T 2227/15

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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