T 0517/03 of 27.09.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T051703.20070927
- Date of decision
- 27 September 2007
- Case number
- T 0517/03
- Online on
- 25 October 2007
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 94200075.3
- IPC class
- C22B 34/22
- 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
- Carbon burn-off process
- Applicant name
- SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step features essential to solve problem missing in claim 1 - no
- 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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
- claims 1 to 4, 5 (part) filed with letter dated 15 May 2007
- claims 5 (part), 6 to 10 as attached to the telefax of the board dated 3 September 2007
- description columns 1 to 4 as attached to the telefax of the board dated 3 September 2007
- description columns 5 to 7 of the patent specification, with column 5, line 50 to be amended from "EXAMPLE 1" to "EXAMPLE 1 (not according to the invention)" according to the appellant's submission dated 4 September 2007
- figures of the patent specification