European Patent Office

T 0863/00 of 22.07.2003

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T086300.20030722
Date of decision
22 July 2003
Case number
T 0863/00
Online on
26 January 2004
Petition for review of
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Application number
90902374.9
IPC class
B42D 15/10
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Thermal transfer recording medium
Applicant name
DAI NIPPON INSATSU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Opponent name
Leonhard Kurz GmbH & Co.
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty (main request) - yes
Inventive step (main request) - no
Clarity (first auxiliary request) - yes
Inventive step (first auxiliary request) - yes
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:

(a) claims 1 to 3 filed as first auxiliary request on 23 June 2003; and

(b) description: pages 2, 5 to 7, 12, 16 to 19 submitted during oral proceedings; and

(c) drawings: Figures 10 to 13 and 15 as granted.