BackDate of JudgmentMay 31, 2001Issuing AuthorityBoards of Appeal: Enlarged Board of AppealLevel of the Issuing AuthorityFinal InstanceType of ProcedureJudicial (Administrative)Subject MatterPatents (Inventions)Keywords
Interpretation of the concept of "the same invention" referred to in Article 87(1) EPC,
Consistency of the interpretation with the Paris Convention and the EPC,
Conformity of the interpretation with principles of equal treatment and legal certainty and with the requirement of consistency as regards assessment of novelty and inventive step