T 0169/11 of 30.08.2016
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T016911.20160830
- Date of decision
- 30 August 2016
- Case number
- T 0169/11
- Online on
- 22 September 2016
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04000826.0
- IPC class
- B23K 9/10
- 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
- Electric arc welding system
- Applicant name
- Lincoln Global, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Esab AB
- Board
- 3.2.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes)
Late-filed document - admitted (yes) - 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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
- Claim 1 of auxiliary request 6, filed as auxiliary request 5 with letter of 29 March 2011,
- Claims 2 to 21 filed during the oral proceedings before the Board,
- Description and Figures to be adapted thereto.