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Information about T 0323/97
T 0323/97 (2001-09-17)

This decisions was cited 39 times overall and 4.34 times per year. The underlying European patent application 91309598.0 is in the IPC class C11D17/00.

References in this decisions:, Art 123, Art 56, R 57, T 0095/83, T 0597/82, T 0608/96, T 0432/92, T 0653/92, T 0710/92, T 0426/94, T 0982/94, T 0318/98, T 0898/91, T 0526/92, T 0645/95, T 0863/96, G 0003/89, T 0433/86, T 0004/80, T 0170/87, G 0002/98, G 0001/93

Cited by:T 0910/02, T 1131/01, T 0208/01, T 0762/98, T 1024/98, T 1128/00, T 0800/98, T 0525/99, T 0664/00, T 0827/00, T 0642/99, T 0957/97, T 0093/98, G 0002/03, G 0001/03, T 0507/99, T 0451/99, T 0063/99, G 0001/03, G 0001/03, G 0001/03, G 0002/03, G 0002/03, G 0002/03, G 0001/03, G 0002/03, T 0525/99, T 0525/99, T 0525/99, T 0451/99, T 0451/99, T 0451/99, T 0507/99, T 0507/99, T 0507/99, T 0451/99, T 0507/99, T 0175/03, T 1107/06,

Headword:
I. An amendment to a patent by the introduction of a "negative" technical feature into a claim resulting in the exclusion of certain embodiments is, regardless of the name "disclaimer", none the less an amendment governed by Articles 123(2) and (3) EPC (point 2.2 of the Reasons for the Decision).
II. The practice of permitting disclaimers having no support in the application as filed to make a claimed subject-matter novel by delimiting it against an accidental anticipation cannot be maintained in the light of the Enlarged Board of Appeal's opinion G 0002/98 (point 2.3 and 2.4 of the Reasons for the Decision).
III. Any amendment of a claim not having support in the application as filed and aiming at distancing the claimed subject-matter further from the state of the art, in particular by way of a disclaimer, contravenes Article 123(2) EPC (point 2.5 of the Reasons for the Decision).
Overall Decisions
overall citations
1.G 0009/91445
2.G 0010/91403
3.G 0002/88222
4.G 0001/93183
5.G 0001/03180
6.G 0009/92175
7.G 0002/98172
8.T 1002/92159
9.G 0005/83157
10.T 0939/92151
11.T 0301/87143
12.T 0153/85129
13.T 0409/91128
14.G 0010/93126
15.G 0004/92111
16.T 0219/83103
17.G 0001/99100
18.G 0004/9396
19.T 0201/8394
20.T 0020/8193
citations/year
1.J 0010/0731.94
2.G 0001/0328.03
3.G 0010/9123.09
4.G 0009/9121.04
5.G 0002/9818.53
6.G 0001/0512.5
7.T 0641/0011.44
8.G 0001/9910.59
9.T 0258/039.71
10.G 0001/069.06
11.G 0001/938.24
12.T 0939/928.05
13.G 0001/048.03
14.G 0010/937.51
15.G 0002/037.47
16.T 0507/997.34
17.T 0409/917.32
18.T 0039/036.92
19.G 0002/046.61
20.G 0004/926.16
most recent
1.T 0853/072010-12-10
2.T 1585/052010-11-17
3.J 0001/102010-07-30
4.T 0244/102010-07-27
5.T 1473/082010-07-26
6.T 1477/082010-07-22
7.T 2245/082010-07-22
8.T 1934/092010-07-20
9.T 1318/062010-07-20
10.T 1181/072010-07-19
11.T 1939/072010-07-15
12.T 1133/072010-07-15
13.T 2432/092010-07-13
14.T 1976/072010-07-08
15.T 1257/082010-07-07
16.T 2005/072010-07-07
17.J 0008/072010-07-01
18.T 1787/072010-07-01
19.T 0878/072010-06-30
20.T 0879/072010-06-30
G-Decisions
overall citations
1.G 0009/91445
2.G 0010/91403
3.G 0002/88222
4.G 0001/93183
5.G 0001/03180
6.G 0009/92175
7.G 0002/98172
8.G 0005/83157
9.G 0010/93126
10.G 0004/92111
11.G 0001/99100
12.G 0004/9396
13.G 0001/8992
14.G 0007/9575
15.G 0004/8873
16.G 0001/9270
17.G 0003/8970
18.G 0001/9570
19.G 0008/9166
20.G 0001/9765
citations/year
1.G 0001/0328.03
2.G 0010/9123.09
3.G 0009/9121.04
4.G 0002/9818.53
5.G 0001/0512.5
6.G 0001/9910.59
7.G 0001/069.06
8.G 0001/938.24
9.G 0001/048.03
10.G 0010/937.51
11.G 0002/037.47
12.G 0002/046.61
13.G 0004/926.16
14.G 0001/976.04
15.G 0005/836.01
16.G 0004/935.94
17.G 0002/885.45
18.G 0007/955.3
19.G 0001/954.86
20.G 0003/034.63
most recent
1.G 0004/082010-02-16
2.G 0002/082008-05-21
3.G 0001/052007-06-28
4.G 0001/062007-06-28
5.G 0002/062006-12-05
6.G 0001/042005-12-16
7.G 0003/042005-08-22
8.G 0002/042005-05-25
9.G 0003/032005-01-28
10.G 0003/022004-04-26
11.G 0002/022004-04-26
12.G 0002/032004-04-08
13.G 0001/032004-04-08
14.G 0001/022003-01-22
15.G 0003/992002-02-18
16.G 0001/072001-06-28
17.G 0002/982001-05-31
18.G 0001/992001-04-02
19.G 0004/982000-11-27
20.G 0002/992000-07-12
J-Decisions
overall citations
1.J 0010/0778
2.J 0005/8058
3.J 0002/8649
4.J 0003/8639
5.J 0007/8233
6.J 0003/8731
7.J 0022/8631
8.J 0011/9129
9.J 0027/9426
10.J 0027/9025
11.J 0006/9125
12.J 0010/8723
13.J 0016/9123
14.J 0032/9521
15.J 0008/8121
16.J 0012/8521
17.J 0013/9020
18.J 0015/8520
19.J 0016/8219
20.J 0008/8018
citations/year
1.J 0010/0731.94
2.J 0003/062.93
3.J 0002/861.95
4.J 0005/801.89
5.J 0032/951.83
6.J 0002/011.82
7.J 0015/041.64
8.J 0003/861.55
9.J 0011/911.5
10.J 0011/061.47
11.J 0003/011.34
12.J 0009/981.29
13.J 0010/981.29
14.J 0022/951.29
15.J 0001/071.28
16.J 0022/861.26
17.J 0003/871.23
18.J 0016/911.19
19.J 0027/901.18
20.J 0027/941.18
most recent
1.J 0001/102010-07-30
2.J 0008/072010-07-01
3.J 0003/092010-05-28
4.J 0010/082009-11-16
5.J 0001/092009-10-06
6.J 0001/082009-09-28
7.J 0016/082009-08-31
8.J 0015/082009-08-18
9.J 0004/092009-07-28
10.J 0014/082009-07-17
11.J 0006/082009-05-27
12.J 0018/082009-04-03
13.J 0004/072008-07-07
14.J 0009/072008-06-30
15.J 0010/072008-03-31
16.J 0003/062007-12-17
17.J 0007/072007-12-12
18.J 0006/072007-12-10
19.J 0015/062007-11-30
20.J 0018/062007-11-30
T-Decisions
overall citations
1.T 1002/92159
2.T 0939/92151
3.T 0301/87143
4.T 0153/85129
5.T 0409/91128
6.T 0219/83103
7.T 0201/8394
8.T 0020/8193
9.T 0641/0091
10.T 0002/8385
11.T 0012/8184
12.T 0435/9183
13.T 0019/9079
14.T 0181/8276
15.T 0666/8972
16.T 0220/8369
17.T 0472/9266
18.T 0068/8564
19.T 0292/8563
20.T 0258/0362
citations/year
1.T 0641/0011.44
2.T 0258/039.71
3.T 0939/928.05
4.T 0507/997.34
5.T 0409/917.32
6.T 0039/036.92
7.T 0190/995.89
8.T 0153/855.47
9.T 0435/915.03
10.T 1173/974.75
11.T 0301/874.66
12.T 0931/954.5
13.T 1067/974.43
14.T 0323/974.34
15.T 0219/834.18
16.T 1002/923.91
17.T 0201/833.55
18.T 1409/053.5
19.T 0316/083.47
20.T 0633/973.45
most recent
1.T 0853/072010-12-10
2.T 1585/052010-11-17
3.T 0244/102010-07-27
4.T 1473/082010-07-26
5.T 1477/082010-07-22
6.T 2245/082010-07-22
7.T 1934/092010-07-20
8.T 1318/062010-07-20
9.T 1181/072010-07-19
10.T 1939/072010-07-15
11.T 1133/072010-07-15
12.T 2432/092010-07-13
13.T 1976/072010-07-08
14.T 1257/082010-07-07
15.T 2005/072010-07-07
16.T 1787/072010-07-01
17.T 0878/072010-06-30
18.T 0879/072010-06-30
19.T 1189/072010-06-29
20.T 0678/082010-06-29
W-Decisions
overall citations
1.W 0003/9328
2.W 0006/9020
3.W 0004/9318
4.W 0013/8715
5.W 0011/8915
6.W 0011/9912
7.W 0003/9412
8.W 0004/8511
9.W 0020/0611
10.W 0006/9710
citations/year
1.W 0016/084.02
2.W 0020/063.2
3.W 0040/071.64
4.W 0001/071.56
5.W 0024/061.55
6.W 0003/931.54
7.W 0018/071.15
8.W 0020/071.15
9.W 0011/991.1
10.W 0004/931.04
most recent
1.W 0036/082010-01-20
2.W 0009/092009-11-16
3.W 0003/092009-10-26
4.W 0007/092009-09-15
5.W 0031/072009-09-14
6.W 0008/092009-09-14
7.W 0040/082009-09-02
8.W 0020/082009-09-02
9.W 0035/082009-08-06
10.W 0028/072009-07-23


This information is based on all decisions of the EPO boards of appeal available from the EPO-website since 30 April 1999 and most relevant older decisions that have been cited and a total of 15788 decisions are present in the current dataset. "overall citations" stands for the overall number of other decisions citing this particular decision. "citations/year" stands fro the number of times that this particular decision was cited per year in other decisions. The time in days since the decision date until today is used for calculation. This information may not be complete or correct. Please read the disclaimer below.

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