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Date of decision
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18 March 98
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Case number
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T 0072/95
- 3.3.5
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Application number
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87902762.1
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Title of the application
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Method and device for ionizing liquid
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Applicant name
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Ibbott, Jack Kenneth
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Opponent name
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Ion Enterprises Ltd
Ibbott, Jack Kenneth
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Headnote
The Board of Appeal is under the obligation to appreciate the
existence of a technical function alleged to be relevant to
inventive step. If a known device is modified by adding a
feature which has no technical function, this modification
cannot contribute to inventive step (point 5.4).
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Keywords
Inventive step - (no) - non-functional modification
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