2.4. Link between subject-matter of earlier application and divisional application
2.4.2 No effect on content of divisional application if earlier application was refused
In T 441/92 the parent application was refused by a decision of the examining division (which became final after the appeal was held inadmissible) after the divisional application had been filed. The board held that the lapse of the parent application cannot have the effect of reducing the content of a previously filed divisional application.