European Patent Office

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
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Application number
92920904.7
IPC class
F01N 3/18
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
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
-
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.