European Patent Office

T 1138/02 of 30.06.2004

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T113802.20040630
Date of decision
30 June 2004
Case number
T 1138/02
Petition for review of
-
Application number
95935612.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
-
Abstracts for this decision
-
Application title
An implement for milking animals
Applicant name
MAASLAND N.V.
Opponent name
Prolion B.V.
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
-
Keywords
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) - immaterial to the Board's decision
Admissibility of the main request (no)
First auxiliary request - novelty (yes) - inventive step (yes)
Catchword
-

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The request for referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is rejected

2. The decision under appeal is set aside and the case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:

Claims: claims 1 to 29 of the first auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings,

Description: columns 1 to 6 filed during oral proceedings,

columns 7, 8 and 9 as granted,

Drawings: Figures 1 to 11 as granted