European Patent Office

T 1596/14 of 19.11.2018

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T159614.20181119
Date of decision
19 November 2018
Case number
T 1596/14
Petition for review of
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Application number
07860866.8
IPC class
F16L 47/28
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
Connection assembly for the connecting of a cylindrical branch of a plastic pipe, and method for the attaching of a cylindrical branch to a plastic pipe
Applicant name
Wavin B.V.
Opponent name
Dyka B. V.
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes)
Late-filed requests
Late-filed request - admitted (yes)
Amendments - new main request
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - amended auxiliary request I
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Amended auxiliary request I - Novelty (yes)
Amended auxiliary request I - Inventive step (yes)
Apportionment of costs - (no)
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 on the basis of the following documents :

- claims 1 to 9 submitted during the oral proceedings,

- description pages 2 to 7 submitted during the oral proceedings,

- figures 1 to 13 of the patent specification.

3. The appeal of appellant II is dismissed.

4. The request for apportionment of costs of appellant II is refused.