T 0309/00 of 23.05.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T030900.20030523
- Date of decision
- 23 May 2003
- Case number
- T 0309/00
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 92920904.7
- IPC class
- F01N 3/18
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Device for purifying exhaust of internal combustion engine
- Applicant name
- TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Opponent name
- Robert Bosch GmbH
Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Claim - clarity (yes)
Disclosure - sufficiency - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Remittal - (no) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0301/87
- Citing cases
- T 0653/03
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: claim 1, version A for the designated contracting states ES, IT, SE;
claim 1, version 1 for the designated contracting states DE, FR, GB;
both claims 1 filed as a main request during the oral proceedings on 16 May 2003;
claims 2 to 31 as granted;
Description: columns 1 and 2 filed during the oral proceedings on 16 May 2003;
columns 3 to 18 as granted;
Drawings: Figures 1 to 20 as granted.