T 0233/93 () of 28.10.1996

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T023393.19961028
Date of decision: 28 October 1996
Case number: T 0233/93
Application number: 84302988.5
IPC class: D02J 1/22
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Improved process for annealing polyester filaments and new products thereof
Applicant name: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Opponent name: EMS-INVENTA AG
HOECHST Aktiengesellschaft Zentrale Patentabteilung
Board: 3.2.05
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Scope of appeal - defined by requests of appellant
Novelty and inventive step (yes)
Catchwords:

If the appellant II withdraws his appeal but not his opposition, he falls back into the role of a party as of right in the sense of Article 107 EPC, second sentence and the scope of the appeal is defined by the request of appellant I, which the non-appealing party may not exceed (G 9/92, OJ EPO, 1994, 875). As appellant I only objected to those parts of the impugned decision which relate to product claims the Board is not authorised to question the patentability of the process claims.

Cited decisions:
G 0009/92
Citing decisions:
T 0268/98
T 0547/99
T 1105/00
T 1195/00

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