T 1204/11 of 05.11.2014
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T120411.20141105
- Date of decision
- 5 November 2014
- Case number
- T 1204/11
- Online on
- 28 November 2014
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 05825947.4
- IPC class
- B60D 1/54
- 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
- RETRACTABLE TOW HITCH
- Applicant name
- Thule Towing Systems B.V.
- Opponent name
- Westfalia-Automotive GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes)
Extended subject-matter (no) - Catchword
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- 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 Opposition Division with instructions to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
- Claims 1 to 20 of the main request (formerly the alternative fourth auxiliary request filed with letter of 19 September 2014);
- Description, columns 1 and 2 as amended during the oral proceedings and columns 3 to 12 as in the granted patent;
- Drawings 1A to 13 as in the granted patent.