T 1503/13 of 04.07.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T150313.20170704
- Date of decision
- 4 July 2017
- Case number
- T 1503/13
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 08770011.8
- IPC class
- G01F 23/00
- 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
- DISTRIBUTED MONITORING AND CONTROL FLUID HANDLING SYSTEM
- Applicant name
- Graco Minnesota Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 137(5)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of amended claims under Rule 137(5) EPC - yes
Novelty and inventive step
Novelty - yes - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 2334/11
- 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 grant a patent on the basis of the following application documents:
- claims: No. 1 to 11 of the main request filed with the letter dated 19 May 2017;
- description: pages 1, 2 and 6 filed with the letter dated 6 June 2017, pages 3 to 5 and pages 7 to 10 of the application as published, and page 11 filed during the first-instance oral proceedings held on 16 April 2013; and
- drawings: sheets 1/4 to 4/4 of the application as published.