T 2195/10 (FLUTED AIR FILTER/DONALDSON) of 20.11.2013
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T219510.20131120
- Date of decision
- 20 November 2013
- Case number
- T 2195/10
- Online on
- 22 January 2014
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 01963922.8
- IPC class
- B01D 39/16B01D 46/52B01D 46/24
- 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
- AIR FILTRATION ARRANGEMENT HAVING FLUTED MEDIA CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD FOR FILTERING AIR
- Applicant name
- DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
- Opponent name
- Neenah Gessner GmbH
MANN + HUMMEL GmbH - Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no)
Inventive step - obvious alternative
Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (yes)
Inventive step - unexpected effect
Amendments - auxiliary request 3
Amendments - deletion of a feature
Amendments - broadening of the claimed subject-matter beyond the content of the application as filed (no) - Catchword
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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 on the basis of the set of claims of auxiliary request 3 (claims 1 to 17) filed with the letter dated 12 November 2013, the description and the figures having to be adapted where necessary.