European Patent Office

T 0961/12 vom 25.11.2015

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T096112.20151125
Datum der Entscheidung
25. November 2015
Aktenzeichen
T 0961/12
Online am
29. Februar 2016
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
00922390.0
IPC-Klasse
F17C 5/06
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Hydrogen Fuel Replenishment Process and System
Name des Antragstellers
Hydrogenics Corporation
Name des Einsprechenden
L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme pour l'Étude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
Kammer
3.2.05
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Schlagwörter
Novelty - (no) main request and first and second auxiliary requests
Late-filed first and third auxiliary requests - admitted
Late-filed fourth auxiliary request not clearly allowable
Inventive step - obvious solution (third auxiliary request)
Inventive step - unsubstantiated arguments against (ninth auxiliary request)
Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for not remitting the case
Added subject-matter (yes) seventh auxilliary request
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
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Zitierende Akten
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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 on the basis of the following documents:

- claims 1 to 12 of the ninth auxiliary request filed with letter of 23 January 2013,

- adapted description pages 3 and 4 filed during the oral proceedings,

- description pages 2, 5 and 6 of the patent specification,

- figures 1 to 5 of the patent specification.