T 0237/02 of 18.05.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T023702.20050518
- Date of decision
- 18 May 2005
- Case number
- T 0237/02
- Online on
- 1 July 2005
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 95302387.6
- IPC class
- G21C 17/07
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- System for detection of defective nuclear fuel rod
- Applicant name
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Opponent name
- Framatome ANP GmbH
- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973
- Keywords
- Admissibility of new arguments submitted in the oral proceedings (yes)
Admissibility of auxiliary requests (yes)
Inventive step -main request (no), auxiliary request 1 (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of:
-- Claims 1 to 8 of auxiliary request 1 filed in the oral proceedings;
-- Description columns 1 to 12, with an insert in column 2, line 25, filed in the oral proceedings;
-- Drawings as in the patent as granted.