T 2226/14 of 17.10.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T222614.20171017
- Date of decision
- 17 October 2017
- Case number
- T 2226/14
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 10010694.7
- IPC class
- B60N 2/34B64D 11/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- A seating system and a passenger seat unit for an aircraft
- Applicant name
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited
- Opponent name
- Zodiac Seats UK Limited
AIRBUS SAS/AIRBUS OPERATIONS/AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd/
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH/AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L. - Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 1495/09
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appealed decision is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Claims 1 to 10 according to auxiliary request 2 as filed with letter dated 1 September 2017 (sole request);
Description : columns 1, 2 and 7 to 14 of the patent specification; columns 3 to 6 as filed during the oral proceedings;
Figures 1, 1A, 2, 2A of the patent specification.