T 0943/15 of 14.09.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094315.20200914
- Date of decision
- 14 September 2020
- Case number
- T 0943/15
- Online on
- 27 October 2020
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 08797151.1
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- FLUID TRANSFER DEVICE
- Applicant name
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(1) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 84 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2) (2020)
- Keywords
- Claims - clarity
Claims - main request and auxiliary request 1
Claims - (no)
Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - admitted (no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 3
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 3
Inventive step - (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 Examining Division with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
- claims 1 to 10 of auxiliary request 3, filed with letter dated 10 August 2020,
- pages 1 to 9 and 11 to 15 of the description, filed with letter dated 19 March 2020, and page 10 filed during the oral proceedings before the Board of Appeal,
- Figures 1A to 6 of the application as published.