T 0259/12 of 27.10.2014
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T025912.20141027
- Date of decision
- 27 October 2014
- Case number
- T 0259/12
- Online on
- 28 November 2014
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 05749329.8
- 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
- ROTATABLE TOW HITCH FOR A VEHICLE
- Applicant name
- Thule Towing Systems B.V.
- Opponent name
- Westfalia-Automotive GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - 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:
- Claim 1 of the First Auxiliary Request filed by letter of 23 September 2014 and Claims 2 to 34 of the patent as maintained by the decision under appeal;
- Description as in the decision under appeal;
- Figures 1 to 15K of the patent as granted.