European Patent Office

T 0431/00 of 14.01.2003

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T043100.20030114
Date of decision
14 January 2003
Case number
T 0431/00
Petition for review of
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Application number
92903728.1
IPC class
H01F 1/053
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
Anisotropic Rare Earth Magnet
Applicant name
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
Opponent name
SIEMENS AG
Board
3.5.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Clarity of the amendments - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
-
Cited cases
G 0009/91
Citing 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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form in the version according to the auxiliary request:

-claims: 1 to 4 filed in the oral proceedings;

- description: pages as in the patent specification: 31. to 38, 40, 41, 43 to 53; pages filed with letter dated 13 December 2002: 5 to 7, 30, 39, 42, 54, textblock A (on page 4 of the specification); pages filed during the oral proceedings: 2, textblock C to be inserted on page 2; cancelled pages: 3, 8 to 29.