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Date of decision
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12 July 2006
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Case number
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T 0404/03
- 3.5.01
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Application number
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93913952.3
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Title of the application
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Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting
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Applicant name
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CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION
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Opponent name
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GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GmbH
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Keywords
Allowable generalisation - all requests (no)
Deletion of features - essentiality test
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Catchwords:
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In the present Board's view, the cases of deletion of features
and addition of features should be distinguished with respect to
allowability of amendments under Article 123(2) EPC since the
former only removes elements that have been originally disclosed
and hence may be judged by a skilled person to be inessential to
the invention, whereas the latter adds new elements lacking any
basis whatsoever in the original disclosure (see points 10 to 12
of the reasons).
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