T 1695/10 (Skein/ZENON) of 13.11.2013
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T169510.20131113
- Date of decision
- 13 November 2013
- Case number
- T 1695/10
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96926288.0
- IPC class
- B01D 63/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Vertical skein of hollow fiber membranes and method of maintaining clean fiber surfaces
- Applicant name
- Zenon Technology Partnership
- Opponent name
- MEMCOR AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
- Keywords
- Admissibility of new claim requests (no) - subsidiary requests 4 and 5
Amendments - allowable (no) - subsidiary requests 1 and 2
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (no) - obvious solution - main request and subsidiary request 3 -(yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious improvement
Inventive step - subsidiary request 6 - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0824/05
- 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 on the basis of the claims according to subsidiary request 6 submitted with the letter dated 30 March 2011 and a description to be adapted thereto where necessary.