T 0562/05 of 11.09.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T056205.20070911
- Date of decision
- 11 September 2007
- Case number
- T 0562/05
- Online on
- 4 October 2007
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 97200702.5
- IPC class
- F24H 1/26
- 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
- Cast, light-metal, substantially cylindrical heat exchanger
- Applicant name
- Interdomo/De Dietrich Heiztechnik GmbH, et al
- Opponent name
- Robert Bosch GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main request - inventive step (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 Opposition Division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the following documents:
- claims 1 to 10 and 12 to 15 as filed during the oral proceedings;
- claim 11 as filed during the oral proceedings but with its first two lines corrected so as to read:
"A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger according to any one of claims 1-8, comprising the following steps: ...";
- amended pages 2 and 3 of the description of the patent specification as filed during the oral proceedings;
- pages 4 to 6 of the description of the patent specification;
- Figures 1 to 5 of the patent specification.