T 0004/00 of 17.01.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T000400.20030117
- Date of decision
- 17 January 2003
- Case number
- T 0004/00
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93401941.5
- IPC class
- B23K 35/38
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Shielding gases for arc welding
- Applicant name
- CANADIAN LIQUID AIR LTD, AIR LIQUIDE CANADA LTEE
- Opponent name
- LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Board
- 3.2.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention R 76 1973European Patent Convention R 9(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Refusal of request for correction of the minutes of oral proceedings is not within the competence of the formalities officer
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
- Points of a graph in a diagram in a prior art document do not represent a disclosure of the corresponding values read from the scales of the diagram, if the accurancy of the graph in the diagram cannot be established.
- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The request for correction of the minutes is rejected.
3. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
claims 1 to 5 filed with letter of 13 December 2002,
pages 1 to 5 as filed during the oral proceedings.