T 0211/14 (Ballast water treatment/McNULLTY) of 08.06.2016
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T021114.20160608
- Date of decision
- 8 June 2016
- Case number
- T 0211/14
- Online on
- 10 August 2016
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 03719750.6
- IPC class
- C02F 1/20B01D 19/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BALLAST WATER TREATMENT
- Applicant name
- McNulty, Peter, Drummond
- Opponent name
- OceanSaver AS
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - obvious solution
Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious improvement - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- 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 in amended form on the basis of the set of claims of the first auxiliary request as filed on 9 September 2013 and a description to be adapted thereto.