G 1/84

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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 however overruled by the later decision of the Enlarged Board G 9/93, where it was held that a European patent cannot be opposed by its own proprietor.

See also

* List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO

External links

* [http://legal.european-patent-office.org/dg3/biblio/g840001ep1.htm Decision G 1/84] on the "EPO boards of appeal decisions" section of the EPO web site
* [http://www.european-patent-office.org/dg3/g_dec/pdf/g840001.pdf Decision G 1/84] in the Official Journal of the EPO 1985, page 299