| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T100295.19980210 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 10 February 1998 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1002/95 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 85107659.6 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | F16L 11/08 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Flexible composite pipe for high-temperature fluids | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Coflexip | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Amendments to a claim previously accepted by the Opposition Division and not arising from the appeal (allowed) Opposing party adversely affected (no) Inventive step (no) |
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Having regard to Rule 57a EPC, a non-appealing patent proprietor is entitled to make amendments on its own volition in cases where these amendments - although occasioned by an opposition ground under Article 100 EPC - do not arise from the opponent's appeal (see points 3.2 to 3.5). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t951002eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021