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Date of decision
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25 April 2007
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Case number
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T 0211/06
- 3.3.07
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Application number
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01982798.9
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Title of the application
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Processing method utilizing display information and cell
structure processed by the processing method
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Applicant name
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NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
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Keywords
Internal art and subjective
laboratory practice
- not prior art under Article 54(2) EPC, and not a possible
correct starting point for assessing inventive step
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Catchwords:
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Disclosure in the application as filed which turns out on the
available evidence not to be prior art under Article 54(2) EPC
cannot be used as starting point for assessing inventive step nor
can subjective "laboratory practice" put forward by the examining
division without any objective evidence that this was knowledge
available to the public be used as a starting point for assessing
inventive step.
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