T 0052/09 of 25.01.2011
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T005209.20110125
- Date of decision
- 25 January 2011
- Case number
- T 0052/09
- Online on
- 10 March 2011
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 01942409.2
- IPC class
- H02K 55/04F25B 9/14
- 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
- Cooling system for high temperature superconducting machines
- Applicant name
- AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- CONVERTERTEAM LTD
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
- Keywords
- Main request: lack of inventive step
Auxiliary requests I and II: not admitted
Auxiliary requests III: claims allowable but description to be adapted (remittal) - 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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 4 of the third auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings after any necessary consequential adaptation of the description.