T 0081/00 of 25.01.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T008100.20010125
- Date of decision
- 25 January 2001
- Case number
- T 0081/00
- Online on
- 17 May 2001
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 93913422.7
- IPC class
- A47L 9/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Cyclonic vacuum cleaner
- Applicant name
- NOTETRY LIMITED
- Opponent name
- HOOVER LIMITED
- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - claims of second auxiliary request - yes
- Catchword
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- Cited 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 maintain the patent in the following version:
Claims: claims 1 to 17 of the second auxiliary request, filed on 25 January 2001,
Description: columns 1 to 9 filed on 25 January 2001,
Drawings: Figures 1a, 1b, 2 to 6 as granted.