European Patent Office

T 1979/08 of 24.09.2010

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T197908.20100924
Date of decision
24 September 2010
Case number
T 1979/08
Online on
21 October 2010
Petition for review of
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Application number
02726331.8
IPC class
E04G 1/00
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
Rolling platform
Applicant name
Xena Systems Limited
Opponent name
Cantideck
Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)
Keywords
Document referred to for the first time in appeal proceedings during oral proceedings before the Board - not admitted (point 3 of reasons)
Article 84 - description not in agreement with claims (main request)
Removal of brackets in claim is not contrary to doctrine of reformatio in peius (point 5 of reasons)
Inventive step (yes) - definition of an objective problem starting from closest prior art
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 in the following version:

- Claims 1 and 2 filed with the letter of 20 July 2010;

- Description pages 2 and 3 as amended by the patent proprietor during the opposition procedure, with paragraph 18 being deleted;

- Figures 1 to 11a, as granted.