T 0515/00 of 25.06.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T051500.20030625
- Date of decision
- 25 June 2003
- Case number
- T 0515/00
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 92302716.3
- IPC class
- B41J 21/08
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Tape printing device for printing a plurality of printing lines directly adjacent to each other across the width of a tape
- Applicant name
- BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Opponent name
- ESSELTE N.V.
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 87(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Added subject-matter (main request and first auxiliary request) - no
Clarity (yes)
Disclosure - sufficiency (yes)
Inventive step (main request) - no
Inventive step (first auxiliary request) - yes
Entitlement to priority - yes - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0002/98
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 on the basis of the following documents:
claims 1 to 12 filed as first auxiliary request during oral proceedings and description pages 2 to 9 filed during oral proceedings and drawings sheets 14 to 34 of the patent as published.