European Patent Office

T 0877/06 (Filter Element/DONALDSON COMP) of 02.12.2009

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T087706.20091202
Date of decision
2 December 2009
Case number
T 0877/06
Petition for review of
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Application number
00910290.6
IPC class
B01D 27/08
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
Sealing system for filter
Applicant name
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
Opponent name
Baldwin Filters, Inc.
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step (main request): yes - technical solution not derivable from the prior art
Double patenting (no)
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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form according to the set of claims comprising claim 1 of the main request submitted during the oral proceedings and claims 2 to 12 of the patent as granted and a description and the figures to be adapted.