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EPO boards of appeal decision
Date of decision: 28 June 2007
Case number: G 0001/05 - -
Application number: 99100131.4
IPC class: H01L31/18
Proceedings language: EN
| Title of the application Improved columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell and process of manufacture |
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| Applicant name ASTROPOWER Inc. |
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| Opponent name - |
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| Headnote So far as Article 76(1) EPC is concerned, a divisional application which at its actual date of filing contains subject- matter extending beyond the content of the earlier application as filed can be amended later in order that its subject-matter no longer so extends, even at a time when the earlier application is no longer pending. Furthermore, the same limitations apply to these amendments as to amendments to any other (non-divisional) applications. |
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| Articles and rules EPC Art 54(3) EPC Art 75(2) EPC Art 76(1) EPC Art 76(2) EPC Art 76(3) EPC Art 77(5) EPC Art 82 EPC Art 96(2) EPC Art 97(1) EPC Art 100(c) EPC Art 102(3) EPC Art 112(1)a EPC Art 113(1) EPC Art 123(1) EPC Art 123(2) EPC Art 138(1)c EPC Art 138(2) EPC R 25(1) EPC R 25(2) EPC R 51(2) EPC R 86(3) EPC R 86(4) |
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| Keywords Invalidity as a result of non-compliance with Article 76(1) EPC on filing a divisional application - no Amendment to conform with Article 76(1) EPC - allowable, even if at time of amendment earlier application no longer pending Content of a member of a sequence of divisional applications must be disclosed in each of the preceding applications in the sequence as filed. Claims of a member of a sequence of divisional applications need not be directed to subject matter within the scope of the claims of the preceding applications in the sequence as filed. | |
| Cited decisions G 0001/93 G 0004/98 J 0015/85 J 0002/01 T 0514/88 T 0527/88 T 0122/90 T 0860/90 T 0441/92 T 0873/94 T 0276/97 T 0904/97 T 1074/97 T 0555/00 T 0561/00 T 0743/00 T 1004/90 T 1158/01 T 0720/02 T 0797/02 T 0039/03 T 0090/03 T 0873/04 T 1040/04 T 1092/04 T 1409/05 Hydroacoustics Incorporated's Applications [1981] FSR 538 | |
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