T 1030/04 (Mixer/KAO) of 29.04.2008
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T103004.20080429
- Date of decision
- 29 April 2008
- Case number
- T 1030/04
- Online on
- 6 October 2008
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 98917614.4
- IPC class
- B01F 7/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- MIXER
- Applicant name
- KAO CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- Gebrüder Lödige Maschinenbau GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main request: novelty (no)
Auxiliary request 1: clarity (no)
Auxiliary request 2: inventive step (no) - obvious further mixer
Auxiliary request 3: inventive step (yes) - improved pulverising efficiency - Catchword
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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 as amended in the following version:
(a) claims 1 to 5 according to the third auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings,
(b) description: columns 1 to 6, 15 and 16, filed during the oral proceedings; columns 7 to 14 as granted,
(c) figures: pages 13 to 22 of the patent as granted.