| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T031294.19970904 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 04 September 1997 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0312/94 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 89201777.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H01L 21/306 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Reactive iion etching of a silicon-bearing material with hydrobromic acid | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Philips Electronics N.V. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.4.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Interpretation of part of a document in the context of the remainder A combination of zero values in a table not a realistic technical teaching in its context Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) |
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It is a general legal rule for the interpretation of any document, in particular a patent application or patent, in order to determine its true meaning and thus its content and disclosure, that no part of such a document should be construed in isolation from the remainder of the document: on the contrary, each part of such a document must be construed in the context of the contents of the document as a whole. Thus, even though a part of a document appears to have a particular meaning when interpreted literally and in isolation from the remainder of the document, the true meaning of that part of the document may be different having regard to the remainder of the document. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t940312eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021