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Date of decision
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25 February 2006
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Case number
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T 0449/04
- 3.2.02
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Application number
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00127544.5
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Title of the application
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Maraging steel having high fatigue strength and maraging steel
strip made of same
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Applicant name
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HITACHI METALS, LTD.
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Headnote
The "same invention" considered in Article 87(1) EPC (the same
requirement as for "the same subject matter" in the first
application) does not encompass the comparative examples which
are clearly and definitely excluded from the scope of the
invention in the earlier application D1.
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Keywords
Priority right (yes)
First application - same invention
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