European Patent Office

T 0988/14 of 13.01.2017

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T098814.20170113
Date of decision
13 January 2017
Case number
T 0988/14
Petition for review of
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Application number
08158475.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
An apparatus for transmitting power to a transmission
Applicant name
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Opponent name
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty
Inventive step
Clarity
Admission of new line of argument (no)
Objection in respect of a procedural defect (dismissed)
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 in amended form on the basis of the following:

Description:

columns 1-7 of the patent as granted

Claims:

No 1-9 of auxiliary request 5 filed with letter dated 20 December 2013

Drawings:

figures 1-3 of the patent as granted