T 0511/05 of 26.07.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T051105.20070726
- Date of decision
- 26 July 2007
- Case number
- T 0511/05
- Online on
- 16 October 2007
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 95933616.5
- IPC class
- F16L 15/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Steel pipe joint having high galling resistance and surface treatment method therof
- Applicant name
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step, main request (no), auxiliary request 1 (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- 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 claims 1 to 9 of auxiliary request 1 filed during the oral proceedings and description and drawings to be adapted thereto.