G 1/84 is a decision of the

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of the

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(EPO), which was issued on July 24, 1985. The Board held in this decision that: : "A notice of

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against a

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is not inadmissible merely because it has been filed by the proprietor of that

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." The decision was overruled in G 9/93, a later decision in which the Enlarged Board held that a European patent cannot be opposed by its own proprietor.

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Decision G 1/84
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1985, page 299 * {{DEFAULTSORT:G 1 84 G 1984 1 1985 in case law 1985 in Europe