European Patent Office

T 0139/02 of 23.01.2004

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T013902.20040123
Date of decision
23 January 2004
Case number
T 0139/02
Petition for review of
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Application number
93913502.6
IPC class
F01N 3/28
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Exhaust emission control system for internal combustion engine
Applicant name
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Opponent name
PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES
Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Claims 1 of main and auxiliary requests: no right to priority
Main request: subject-matter of claim 1 not originally disclosed
Auxiliary request - claim 1: satifies the requirements of the EPC
Remittal to the first instance to examine the dependent claims of the auxiliary request with respect to Article 123(2) EPC
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0002/98
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 for further prosecution of the dependent claims of the first auxiliary request, i.e. the examination of the dependent claims with respect to Article 123(2) EPC.