European Patent Office

T 0567/03 of 24.10.2006

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T056703.20061024
Date of decision
24 October 2006
Case number
T 0567/03
Petition for review of
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Application number
95102448.8
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Shifting apparatus for a bicycle
Applicant name
SHIMANO INC.
Opponent name
SRAM Deutschland GmbH
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Amendments to requests after summons
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - opposition proceedings
Amendments - correction of errors (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) after amendment
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0002/88
Citing cases
T 0012/11

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 presented at the oral proceedings on 24 October 2006:

- the single claim;

- description pages 1 to 9; and

- figures 1 to 4 of the drawings.