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Date of decision 22 October 2002
Case number T 0473/99 - 3.2.5
Application number 91311947.5
IPC B29C47/02
Proceedings Language EN
Title of the application Method and apparatus for manufacturing panel with frame
Applicant name TOKAI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Opponent name ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LTD
Headnote
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Articles and Rules EPC . Art 123(2)
. Art 54
. Art 56
Keywords
Reinstating broader claims in appeal proceedings than the claims defended before the Opposition Division is a matter of discretion of the Board
Added subject-matter (main request and first auxiliary request) - no
Novelty (main request) - no
Inventive step (first auxiliary request) - yes
Cited Decisions T 0123/85
T 0331/87
T 0840/93
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