T 0187/09 of 30.08.2012
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T018709.20120830
- Date of decision
- 30 August 2012
- Case number
- T 0187/09
- Online on
- 19 October 2012
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 02017319.1
- IPC class
- B62M 25/00B62M 25/08
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Shift positioning device for a bicycle transmission
- Applicant name
- SHIMANO INC.
- Opponent name
- SRAM Deutschland GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of amendments (main and first to fifth auxiliary requests) - no
Admittance into the proceedings (sixth auxiliary request) - yes
Novelty (sixth auxiliary request) - yes
Inventive step (sixth auxiliary request) - 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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent with the following documents:
claims 1 to 18, together with the description pages 1, 1a to 7, all as filed during the oral proceedings;
Figures 1 to 17 as granted.