European Patent Office

T 0863/14 of 02.02.2017

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T086314.20170202
Date of decision
2 February 2017
Case number
T 0863/14
Online on
28 April 2017
Petition for review of
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Application number
06765199.2
IPC class
B23B 51/02
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
TWIST DRILL
Applicant name
Dormer Tools Limited
Opponent name
Iscar Ltd.
Board
3.2.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Late-filed request - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes)
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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the following documents:

- Claims 1 to 18 according to auxiliary request 3 filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal;

- Description: columns 1,2,3,4,9,10 and 12 of the patent specification as granted and columns 5,6,7,8 and 11 as filed during the oral proceedings on 2 February 2017;

- Drawings 1A-5B of the patent specification as granted.