European Patent Office

T 1686/16 of 24.09.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T168616.20190924
Date of decision
24 September 2019
Case number
T 1686/16
Online on
11 December 2019
Petition for review of
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Application number
10765447.7
IPC class
B60K 15/04
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
IMPROVED FILLING SYSTEM FOR VEHICULAR FLUID CONTAINER
Applicant name
Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
Opponent name
Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Admissibility of main request (yes)
Added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
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:

The decision under appeal is set aside.

The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the claims according to auxiliary request VI' (now main request) as filed during oral proceedings before the Board and a description to be adapted thereto.