European Patent Office

T 0563/08 of 27.07.2010

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T056308.20100727
Date of decision
27 July 2010
Case number
T 0563/08
Online on
22 September 2010
Petition for review of
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Application number
97118981.6
IPC class
C22F 1/04
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Friction boring process for aluminium alloys
Applicant name
BOEING NORTH AMERICAN, Inc.
Opponent name
AIRBUS Deutschland GmbH/AIRBUS France SAS/AIRBUS UK Limited/AIRBUS España S.L./AIRBUS SAS
Board
3.2.08
Headnote
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Keywords
Late filed documents (admitted in part)
Late filed amended claims (admitted)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)
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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of

- claims 1 to 6 filed during the oral proceedings,

- description columns 1 to 6 as granted, column 7 as filed during oral proceedings,

- Figures 1 to 7 as granted.

3. The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee is dismissed.