European Patent Office

T 0366/07 of 08.09.2009

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T036607.20090908
Date of decision
8 September 2009
Case number
T 0366/07
Online on
20 October 2009
Petition for review of
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Application number
95117346.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Corrugate fin type heat exchanger
Applicant name
DENSO CORPORATION
Opponent name
Modine Europe GmbH (opposition withdrawn)
VALEO THERMIQUE MOTEUR
Behr GmbH & Co. KG
Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Extension of subject-matter (no)
Extension of scope of protection (no)
Admittance of late-filed request (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following documents:

- Claims 1 to 5 of the sole request filed during the oral proceedings held before the Board.

- Description page 2 to 6 as filed during the oral proceedings held before the Board

- Figures 1 to 16 as granted.