European Patent Office

T 0518/00 of 30.04.2003

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T051800.20030430
Date of decision
30 April 2003
Case number
T 0518/00
Petition for review of
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Application number
92200669.7
IPC class
B29C 49/08
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Method of blow moulding container
Applicant name
CONTINENTAL PET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Opponent name
CONSTAR INTERNATIONAL Holland B.V.
PEPSICO, INC.
REXAM AKTIEBOLAG
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Addition of subject-matter (main and first auxiliary requests, yes; second auxiliary request, no)
Divisional application (extension beyond the content of the earlier application as filed - no)
Clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Acknowledgement of prior art (allowable)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1845/14T 0177/22

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:

(a) claims 1 to 21 filed as second auxiliary request on 28 March 2003; and

(b) description, pages 2, 2A, 2B, 3 to 6, submitted during oral proceedings; and

(c) drawings, Figures 1 to 6 as granted.