T 1720/14 of 19.06.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T172014.20180619
- Date of decision
- 19 June 2018
- Case number
- T 1720/14
- Online on
- 25 September 2018
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 03010923.5
- IPC class
- H02K 5/10H05K 5/02F21V 31/03
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Ventilation member and vented housing using the same
- Applicant name
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious modification - 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 on the basis of the following documents:
- claims 1-9 of the main request, originally filed as auxiliary request I on 19 December 2013 during the opposition proceedings;
- description pages 2-7 as filed in the oral proceedings before the Board, 8 and 9 of the patent specification and page 10, columns 17 and 18, lines 1-20, filed during the oral proceedings before the Board;
- figures 1-19 of the patent specification.