T 1186/00 of 16.10.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T118600.20031016
- Date of decision
- 16 October 2003
- Case number
- T 1186/00
- Online on
- 6 November 2003
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93906646.0
- IPC class
- B23K 9/04
- 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
- Welding assembly for feeding powdered filler material into a torch
- Applicant name
- PLASMA MODULES OY
- Opponent name
- L'AIR LIQUIDE, S.A. pour l'étude et l'exploitation des
procédés Georges Claude - Board
- 3.2.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 111 1973European Patent Convention Art 123 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11(3)
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowability (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - 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 first instance to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
- claims 1 to 7, filed during the oral proceedings,
- description, columns 1 to 7, filed during the oral proceedings,
- drawings, Figures 1 to 10, as granted.