T 0977/16 of 04.07.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T097716.20190704
- Date of decision
- 4 July 2019
- Case number
- T 0977/16
- Online on
- 26 July 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09787650.2
- IPC class
- A47C 1/032
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZING THE TILT OF A CHAIR BACK AND SEAT
- Applicant name
- Donati S.p.A.
- Opponent name
- Leggett & Platt Incorporated
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
- claims 1 to 7 of the auxiliary request filed with the reply to the grounds;
- description, pages 2 to 5 filed at the oral proceedings before the Board;
- figures 1 to 3 of the patent specification.