T 1495/09 of 09.09.2010
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T149509.20100909
- Date of decision
- 9 September 2010
- Case number
- T 1495/09
- Online on
- 30 December 2010
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04101715.3
- IPC class
- B60N 2/34
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
- 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
- A seating system and a passenger accommodation unit for a vehicle
- Applicant name
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited
- Opponent name
- Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
AIRBUS SAS/AIRBUS OPERATION/AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd/AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH/AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
Premium Aircraft Interiors Group Limited/Premium Aircraft Interiors UK Limited - Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention R 140European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(c) 1973European Patent Convention Art 114(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 125 1973
- Keywords
- Amendments - Added matter (no)
Opposition grounds - extension of subject-matter - divisional application (no) - insufficiency of disclosure (no) - novelty (yes) - inventive step (yes)
Request for correction of grant decision under Rule 140 EPC (rejected) - Catchword
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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 the following documents:
- Claims 1 to 8 filed as sole request during the oral proceedings;
- Pages 2 to 8 of the description filed during the oral proceedings;
- Drawings as granted.
3. The request for correction of the decision to grant is rejected.