T 2147/14 of 24.10.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T214714.20171024
- Date of decision
- 24 October 2017
- Case number
- T 2147/14
- Online on
- 14 March 2018
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 03795265.2
- 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
- MICRO GAS GENERATOR WITH AUTOMATIC IGNITION FUNCTION
- Applicant name
- NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Opponent name
- TRW Airbag Systems GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Late-filed request - admitted (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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
- claims 1 to 7 of auxiliary request VI filed with letter dated 14 September 2017;
- description pages 2 to 4 and 6 filed in the oral proceedings before the Board and description pages 5 and 7 of the patent specification; and
- figures 1 to 4 of the patent specification.