European Patent Office

T 1320/15 of 19.09.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T132015.20190919
Date of decision
19 September 2019
Case number
T 1320/15
Online on
15 November 2019
Petition for review of
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Application number
09000166.0
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
Camshaft apparatus
Applicant name
JTEKT Corporation
Opponent name
ThyssenKrupp Presta TecCenter AG
Board
3.2.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
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Keywords
Inventive step - main request (no); auxiliary request 4 (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - auxiliary request 1 (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (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:

- sole claim of auxiliary request 4 filed with letter dated 10 August 2015,

- description pages 2 to 6 filed during the oral proceedings before the Board on 19 September 2019 and

- figures 1 to 5 of the patent specification.