European Patent Office

T 1818/11 of 14.05.2014

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T181811.20140514
Date of decision
14 May 2014
Case number
T 1818/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
01201865.1
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
In flight entertainment cooling system (IFE)
Applicant name
The Boeing Company
Opponent name
Airbus Operations SAS/ Airbus Operations Limited/
Airbus Oprations GmbH/ Airbus Operations S.L./
Airbus SAS
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Late-filed requests - admitted (no) (Main Request and Auxiliary Requests 1 to 5)
Correction of error - (no) (Auxiliary Request 6)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no) (Auxiliary Requests 6 to 11) - added subject-matter (yes) (Auxiliary Requests 6 to 10)
Inventive step - (yes) (Auxiliary Request 11)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 0164/14

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 in accordance with the Eleventh Auxiliary Request filed during the oral proceedings, on the basis of the following documents:

- Claims 1 to 4 as filed during the oral proceedings,

- Description, columns 1 to 3 as filed during the oral proceedings,

- Drawings 1 to 3 as granted.