T 0829/93 () of 24.5.1996

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T082993.19960524
Date of decision: 24 May 1996
Case number: T 0829/93
Application number: 84300452.4
IPC class: G02B 6/38
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 563 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Methods of making optical fibre terminations
Applicant name: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
Opponent name: Philips Electronics N.V.
Board: 3.4.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100
European Patent Convention 1973 R 57a
European Patent Convention 1973 R 57(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 58(2)
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments in opposition proceedings (no) - a matter of discretion - objective judgment - new dependent claims not necessary or appropriate
Catchwords:

The necessity and appropriateness, and thus admissibility of amendments in opposition proceedings is not a question of subjective, but of objective judgment. It was objectively clear that new dependent claims did not have an influence on the characteristics of the invention as specified in Claim 1, and thus were not an adequate response to the attacks of the Opponents on the inventive step of the claimed subject-matter.

Cited decisions:
G 0009/91
G 0009/92
T 0127/85
T 0406/86
T 0295/87
Citing decisions:
T 0794/94
T 0024/96
T 0809/96
T 0151/97
T 0313/98
T 0315/98

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t930829eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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