T 2163/16 (Apparatus comprising a centrifugal pump and a gas separation apparatus/Sulzer Management) of 17.09.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T216316.20190917
- Date of decision
- 17 September 2019
- Case number
- T 2163/16
- Online on
- 9 December 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 06405227.7
- IPC class
- F04D 9/00B01D 19/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A gas separation apparatus, a front wall and a separation rotor thereof
- Applicant name
- Sulzer Management AG
- Opponent name
- KSB Aktiengesellschaft
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)
Amendments - intermediate generalisation
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem
Inventive step - common general knowledge
Inventive step - non-obvious modification
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.