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)
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- Decision in English
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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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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 27(1)(b) 1973European Patent Convention R 29(1) 1973
- 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.