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
- -
- Application number
- 92903728.1
- IPC class
- H01F 1/053
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Anisotropic Rare Earth Magnet
- Applicant name
- MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- SIEMENS AG
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Clarity of the amendments - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0009/91
- 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 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.