T 0463/95 () of 29.1.1997

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T046395.19970129
Date of decision: 29 January 1997
Case number: T 0463/95
Application number: 82111126.7
IPC class: H03F 3/217
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 807 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Amplitude modulator
Applicant name: HARRIS CORPORATION
Opponent name: O1: ABB Management AG
O2: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
Board: 3.5.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 82
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 107
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 111
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 114
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 57(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 57a
European Patent Convention 1973 R 58(2)
Keywords: New claim filed in opposition proceedings one week before oral proceedings - scope restricting combination of features taken from claims which had been opposed - claim admissible
Inventive step - yes, after amendment
Non prepublished documents filed late during the appeal proceedings as circumstantial evidence - not admissible
Prior art which had been referred to in connection with a novelty objection which no longer applied, and then not further pursued, until oral proceedings before the Board of Appeal - not relevant - inadmissible
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0001/91
T 0153/85
T 0051/90
T 0270/90
T 0252/92
T 1002/92
Citing decisions:
T 0382/97
T 0960/04
T 0084/17

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