T 0967/17 (FET shunt regulator/HAMILTON) of 18.02.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096717.20210218
- Date of decision
- 18 February 2021
- Case number
- T 0967/17
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09252891.8
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Current controlled shunt regulator
- Applicant name
- Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 84 (2007)European Patent Convention R 100(2) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1) (2020)
- Keywords
- Decision in written proceedings - (yes)
Admittance of main request filed in response to a communication under R. 100(2) EPC - (no): not clearly allowable
Added subject-matter - auxiliary request (no, after amendments)
Clarity - auxiliary request (yes, after amendments)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes, after amendments) - 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 on the basis of the following application documents:
- Claims 1 to 4 as filed as "first auxiliary request" with the submission dated 10 December 2020;
- Description, pages 1, 2 and 2a as filed as "first auxiliary request" with the submission dated 10 December 2020;
- Description, pages 3 to 5 as originally filed;
- Drawings, sheet 1/1 as originally filed.