T 2589/12 of 16.11.2016
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T258912.20161116
- Date of decision
- 16 November 2016
- Case number
- T 2589/12
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 04736111.8
- IPC class
- F16L 9/12
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Threaded joint for steel pipes
- Applicant name
- Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE - Opponent name
- Tenaris Connections Limited
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (no: main request; yes: auxiliary request 3)
Inadmissible extension (yes: auxiliary requests 1 and 2) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0131/01
- Citing cases
- -
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 to 15 submitted during the oral proceedings as auxiliary request 3;
- description:
pages 2, 3, 5, 8 to 11 of the patent specification;
pages 4, 6 and 7 submitted during the oral proceedings;
- drawings: figures 1 to 15 of the patent specification.