T 0536/00 of 08.10.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T053600.20021008
- Date of decision
- 8 October 2002
- Case number
- T 0536/00
- Online on
- 22 November 2002
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93101305.6
- IPC class
- C25D 1/04C25D 17/10
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Electroplating method and apparatus for the preparation of metal foil and split insoluble electrode used therein
- Applicant name
- TDK Corporation
- Opponent name
- Corus Staal BV
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes)
Admissibility of late-filed amendment (yes, replacement of a feature contested by the appellant under Art 123(2)) - Catchword
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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 as amended in the following version:
- claims 1, 5 and 7 filed as main request with letter of 2 October 2002;
- claims 2 to 4, 6 and 8 to 13 as granted;
- description and drawings as in the granted patent.