T 0304/12 of 12.11.2013
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T030412.20131112
- Date of decision
- 12 November 2013
- Case number
- T 0304/12
- Online on
- 17 December 2013
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 00301891.8
- IPC class
- F16C 33/78F16D 23/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Clutch release bearing
- Applicant name
- NSK LTD
- Opponent name
- Masashi Shiotani
SKF FRANCE - Board
- 3.2.08
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Admissibility of late filed request (yes)
Clarity (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
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 department of first instance with the order to maintain a patent in the following version:
Claims: Claim 1 as filed during the oral proceedings.
Description: Columns 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 11 as filed during the oral proceedings and columns 5, 6, 9 and 10 as published in the European patent specification.
Drawings: Figures 1 to 4 as published in the European patent specification.