European Patent Office

T 2167/13 of 07.12.2016

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T216713.20161207
Date of decision
7 December 2016
Case number
T 2167/13
Petition for review of
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Application number
07121789.7
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
Disposable thin wall core die, methods of manufacture thereof and articles manufactured therefrom
Applicant name
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Opponent name
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Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
implicit disclosure (no)
selection invention (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
selections of various interrelated parameters cannot be evaluated independently
Cited cases
T 0653/93
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 grant a patent in the following version:

Description:

Pages 5 to 7, 11 as originally filed

Pages 2,4 filed on 12 August 2009

Pages 9,10 filed on 05 March 2010

Pages 1, 2a, 8 filed on 28 September 2016

Pages 3, 3a filed on 5 October 2016

Claims:

1 to 10 filed on 28 September 2016

Drawings, Sheets

1/5 to 5/5 as originally filed