T 1159/06 of 30.10.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T115906.20071030
- Date of decision
- 30 October 2007
- Case number
- T 1159/06
- Online on
- 15 November 2007
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 02767687.3
- IPC class
- F16L 5/02
- 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
- Coupling
- Applicant name
- Petrotechnik Limited
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Amendment (allowable)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - 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 grant a patent on the basis of the following documents:
(a) claims 1 to 21 filed as auxiliary request on 15 August 2007;
(b) description: pages 3, 4, 12, 13 and 17 filed as auxiliary request on 15 August 2007, together with pages 1, 2, 5 to 11 and 14 to 16 as originally filed; and
(c) drawings: sheet 4/9 filed as auxiliary request on 15 August 2007, together with sheets 1/9 to 3/9 and 5/9 to 9/9 as originally filed.