European Patent Office

T 1112/12 of 17.06.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T111212.20150617
Date of decision
17 June 2015
Case number
T 1112/12
Petition for review of
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Application number
05804755.6
IPC class
B64D 37/32
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
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN INERT GAS ON A VEHICLE
Applicant name
The Boeing Company
Opponent name
Airbus Operations Limited(GB) / AIRBUS SAS(FR) /
Airbus Operations SAS(FR) / Airbus Operations GmbH
(DE) / Airbus Operations SL(ES)
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Admission of request into appeal - (yes)
Admission of new arguments - (yes)
Amendments - intermediate generalisation (no)
Deletion of embodiment from granted claim not open to
objection under Article 84 EPC
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1739/19

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 in amended form on the basis of the following:

- Claims: No. 1-21 of the main request as filed during oral proceedings.

- Description: Pages 2-9 of the patent as granted.

- Drawings: Figs. 1-4 of the patent as granted.