European Patent Office

T 1987/10 (Automotive shop service machine/SNAP-ON EQUIPMENT) of 25.01.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T198710.20130125
Date of decision
25 January 2013
Case number
T 1987/10
Online on
4 March 2013
Petition for review of
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Application number
06016557.8
IPC class
G06F 9/445
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Method and apparatus for updating of software and/or collecting of operational data in a machine unit
Applicant name
Snap-on Equipment Srl a unico socio
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.06
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - (yes) after amendment
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 grant a patent in the following version:

Description:

pages 1 and 4, received with the notice of appeal,

pages 2, 3, 9, 10 and 12 to 14, as originally filed,

page 3a, received on 12 February 2010,

pages 5, 6, 11 and 17, received on 21 December 2012 and

pages 7, 8, 15 and 16, received in the oral proceedings on 25 January 2013.

Claims:

1 to 15, according to the main request received in the oral proceedings on 25 January 2013.

Figures:

Sheets 1 to 4, as originally filed.