T 0859/94 (Colour photographic material/FUJI) of 21.9.1999

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T085994.19990921
Date of decision: 21 September 1999
Case number: T 0859/94
Application number: 85111246.6
IPC class: G03C 7/38
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 604 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Silver halide color photographic material
Applicant name: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
Opponent name: Konica Corporation
Board: 3.3.06
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
Keywords: Amendment (not allowable) - generation of a new generic chemical formula - no basis in the application as filed
Catchwords:

An amendment of a generic chemical formula is not admissible under Article 123(2) EPC if it leads - by deleting meanings of residues - to a particular combination of specific meanings of the respective residues, i.e. to a particular structural feature of the compounds concerned which was not disclosed originally and amounts to an inadmissible singling out of a sub-class of chemical compounds (points 2.4.3 and 2.5 of the Reasons for the Decision).

Cited decisions:
G 0001/93
T 0201/83
T 0615/95
Citing decisions:
T 0050/97
T 0994/97
T 0942/98
T 0801/02
T 0948/02
T 0544/05
T 1075/12
T 1419/12
T 1587/13
T 1537/14

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t940859eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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