W 0003/94 (Ketonoxim-O-ether) of 15.12.1994 | XEPC: EPC and PCT resource

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1994:W000394.19941215

Date of decision:

15 December 1994

Case number:

W 0003/94

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C07D 213/53

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Applicant name:

Hoechst AG

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3.3.01

Headnote:

1. An invitation to pay additional search fees fulfils the requirements of Rule 40.1 PCT only if substantiated in such a way as to indicate why unity is lacking, on the basis of the criteria laid down in the PCT Search Guidelines.
2. This is particularly the case where the unity of alternatives "of a similar nature" in a Markush claim is contested on the basis that they do not share a significant structural element (Reasons point 10).

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 154(3)
Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 17(3)(a)
Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13(1)
Patent Cooperation Treaty R 13(2)
Patent Cooperation Treaty R 40(1)
Patent Cooperation Treaty R 40(2)(c)

Keywords:

Obligation under Rule 40.1 PCT to specify reasons not fulfilled in view of PCT guidelines

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Cited decisions:

G 0001/89
W 0007/86

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