European Patent Office

T 1169/00 of 10.04.2003

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T116900.20030410
Date of decision
10 April 2003
Case number
T 1169/00
Petition for review of
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Application number
92909648.5
IPC class
D05B 85/02
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Sewing machine needle and method of manufacturing same
Applicant name
ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD.
Opponent name
Groz-Beckert KG
Board
3.2.06
Headnote
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Keywords
Opposition - admissible (yes)
Prior art documents filed during appeal proceedings - admissible (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Clarity (yes)
Inventive step (yes, third auxiliary request)
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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents according to the third auxiliary request:

claims: 1 to 9, filed during oral proceedings;

description: columns 1 to 4, 7, 8, filed during oral proceedings;

columns 5, 6, as granted;

drawings: Figures 1 to 10, as granted.