G 1/84
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Issued July 24, 1985 | ||
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G 1/84 is a decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO), which was issued on July 24, 1985. The Board held in this decision that:
- "A notice of opposition against a European patent is not inadmissible merely because it has been filed by the proprietor of that patent."
The decision was overruled in , a later decision in which the Enlarged Board held that a European patent cannot be opposed by its own proprietor.
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External links[]
- Decision G 1/84 on the "EPO boards of appeal decisions" section of the EPO web site
- Decision G 1/84 in the Official Journal of the EPO 1985, page 299
- ECLI:EP:BA:1985:G000184.19850724
Categories:
- Case law of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office
- 1985 in case law
- 1985 in Europe