T 0265/11 of 16.10.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T026511.20151016
- Date of decision
- 16 October 2015
- Case number
- T 0265/11
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 01947842.9
- IPC class
- H02H 9/00G08C 19/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- INTRINSICALLY SAFE EXPLOSION-PROOF SENSOR CIRCUIT
- Applicant name
- Azbil Corporation
- Opponent name
- Endress+Hauser (Deutschland) AG+Co. KG
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 153(2)European Patent Convention Art 153(4)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 7
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (no)
Amendments - main, first and second auxiliary request
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Amendments - third auxiliary request
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) - Catchword
- See point 2. of the reasons.
- Cited cases
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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 in the following version:
- claims 1 and 2 of the third auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings of 16 October 2015
- description pages 2 to 5 filed during the oral proceedings before the Opposition Division on 26 October 2010
- drawings figures 1 to 8 of the patent specification.