European Patent Office

T 0154/11 of 20.03.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T015411.20130320
Date of decision
20 March 2013
Case number
T 0154/11
Online on
10 May 2013
Petition for review of
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Application number
04014011.3
IPC class
B62D 25/04
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Motor vehicle body with a vertically oriented member and pillar embodying same
Applicant name
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
Opponent name
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty, inventive step (yes)
One-part form of claim 1 and indication of background art
Catchword
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Cited 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 first instance with the order to maintain a patent on the basis of the following documents:

- claims 1 to 54 according to the Main Request filed during the oral proceedings;

- description, columns 1 and 2 with addendum A as filed during the oral proceedings, and columns 3 to 20 of the patent as granted; and

- drawings, figures 1 to 57 of the patent as granted.