European Patent Office

T 0174/04 of 31.01.2006

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T017404.20060131
Date of decision
31 January 2006
Case number
T 0174/04
Online on
5 May 2006
Petition for review of
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Application number
97200593.8
IPC class
B31D 5/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Cushioning conversion machine
Applicant name
RANPAK CORP.
Opponent name
NATUREMBAL S.A.
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty, main request (no)
Inventive step, first auxiliary request (no), second auxiliary request (yes)
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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:

(a) claim 1 filed as auxiliary request on 19 December 2005, and claims 2 to 24 presented as second auxiliary request during oral proceedings; and

(b) description: page 3 presented during oral proceedings, and pages 2, 4 to 13 as granted; and

(c) drawings: Figures 1 to 14 as granted.