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)
- Download
- Decision in English
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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
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 106Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- 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