European Patent Office

T 0123/00 of 14.05.2002

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T012300.20020514
Date of decision
14 May 2002
Case number
T 0123/00
Petition for review of
-
Application number
94909811.5
IPC class
A44B 18/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
-
Abstracts for this decision
-
Application title
Loop fastener material storage/dispensing assembly
Applicant name
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Opponent name
TAPE INDUSTRIES
Koester GmbH & Co. KG
Corovin GmbH
Avery Dennison Corporation
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
-
Keywords
Novelty and inventive step - yes (third auxiliary request)
Catchword
-
Citing cases
-

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 1 and 8 of the third auxiliary request as filed during the oral proceedings,

- claims 2 to 7 and 9 to 13 as maintained by the Opposition Division,

- description pages 2 to 8 as maintained by the Opposition Division, and

- drawings Figures 1 to 3 as maintained by the opposition division.