T 0620/00 of 16.05.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T062000.20010516
- Date of decision
- 16 May 2001
- Case number
- T 0620/00
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93401377.2
- 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
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Battery pack having recesses to detect proper attachment of the pack to a battery charger
- Applicant name
- SONY CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- (01) Vivanco Gruppe AG
(02) Master Trade SA - Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (main request: no; first auxiliary request: yes)
Proper construction of a claim directed to a battery pack having detection aperture means adapted to receive corresponding protruded portions formed on a battery pack accommodating portion of a battery charger or of an apparatus utilising the battery pack as a power source - Catchword
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- 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 as amended in the following version:
Claims 1 to 8 filed as first auxiliary request during the oral proceedings of 16 May 2001;
Description and drawings of the patent specification.