T 0748/12 of 13.10.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T074812.20151013
- Date of decision
- 13 October 2015
- Case number
- T 0748/12
- Online on
- 1 December 2015
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 06755934.4
- IPC class
- F16J 9/26
- 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
- Piston Ring for Internal Combustion Engines
- Applicant name
- Mahle International GmbH
Mahle Metal Leve S.A. - Opponent name
- Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure - (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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
- claims 1 to 6 filed during the oral proceedings of 13 October 2015;
- description as amended during the first instance proceedings;
- figures 1 to 8 of the patent as granted.