European Patent Office

T 1401/12 of 12.05.2017

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T140112.20170512
Date of decision
12 May 2017
Case number
T 1401/12
Petition for review of
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Application number
01918149.4
IPC class
A47L 9/02
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
VACUUM CLEANER NOZZLE
Applicant name
ARÇELIK A.S.
Opponent name
Wessel-Werk GmbH
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(1)(b)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Admission of main- and aux. requests 1-4 (yes)
Added subject-matter - main- and aux. requests 1-3 (yes)
Added subject-matter - aux. request 4 (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - aux. request 4 (yes)
Novelty and Inventive step of claim 1 of aux. request 4 (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0003/14
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 as amended in the following version:

Claims

1-5 of the auxiliary 4 as filed with letter dated 6 April 2017,

Description and Figures as in the patent specification.