European Patent Office

T 0013/03 of 11.05.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T001303.20050511
Date of decision
11 May 2005
Case number
T 0013/03
Online on
5 September 2005
Petition for review of
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Application number
97117409.9
IPC class
B29C 49/42
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Injection stretch blow molding apparatus and method
Applicant name
NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
Opponent name
SIG Corpoplast GmbH/Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty, main request and second auxiliary request (no)
Extension beyond the content of the application as filed, first and third auxiliary requests (yes)
Clarity, fourth auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step, fourth auxiliary request (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 on the basis of the following documents:

(a) claims 1 and 16 filed as fourth auxiliary request on 22 December 2004, and claims 2 to 15 and 17 to 22 as granted; and

(b) description: pages 2, 2a, 2b, 3 to 8 presented in the oral proceedings of 11 May 2005; and

(c) drawings, Figures 1 to 10 as granted.