European Patent Office

T 1415/04 of 30.11.2006

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T141504.20061130
Date of decision
30 November 2006
Case number
T 1415/04
Online on
25 January 2007
Petition for review of
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Application number
96104015.1
IPC class
D06F 35/00
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
Method for balancing the load in a laundry washing and/or drying machine, and machine implementing such a method
Applicant name
Indesit Company S.p.A.
Opponent name
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
Board
3.2.06
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request, novelty (no)
Auxiliary request, inventive step (yes)
Test results inadequate to support alleged interpretation of prior art
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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form based on the following documents filed as the auxiliary request during oral proceedings on 30 November 2006:

Claims 1 to 8;

Description columns 1 to 7;

Figures 1 to 4.