European Patent Office

T 0948/03 of 23.11.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T094803.20051123
Date of decision
23 November 2005
Case number
T 0948/03
Online on
3 February 2006
Petition for review of
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Application number
96300406.4
IPC class
B61D 17/02
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
Railway vehicle
Applicant name
Hitachi, Ltd.
Opponent name
Deutsche Bahn AG
Patentes Talgo, S.A.
Bombardier Transportation Sweden AB
Siemens AG
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10aRules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b
Keywords
Late submitted ground - admitted (no)
Amendment to party's case - admitted (no)
Disclosure - sufficiency (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) after amendment
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 department of the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:

- claims 1 to 3 of auxiliary request 1 as filed on 24 February 2004;

- description as filed during oral proceedings;

- drawings as granted.