European Patent Office

T 0240/11 of 10.07.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T024011.20150710
Date of decision
10 July 2015
Case number
T 0240/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
02255885.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Currency acceptors
Applicant name
MEI, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0410/96
Citing cases
T 0096/12

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 grant a patent based on the following documents:

- Claims 1 to 22 of the main request as filed with the letter of 23 August 2010;

- Description: pages 1 to 18 as filed with the letter of 2 June 2015; and

- Drawings: figure sheets 1/7 to 7/7 as originally filed.