T 2382/17 of 07.05.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238217.20200507
- Date of decision
- 7 May 2020
- Case number
- T 2382/17
- Online on
- 5 June 2020
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04740592.3
- IPC class
- E02F 5/12E02F 5/10B63B 35/03
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- TRENCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD
- Applicant name
- Saipem S.p.A.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2) (2020)
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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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 in the following version:
- claims 1 to 24 filed as the third auxiliary request with letter dated 26 September 2017;
- description pages 1, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 16 and 17 of the application as published, and description pages 1a, 2, 2a, 3, 6, 7, 7a, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 filed with letter dated 21 January 2020; and
- drawing sheets 1/5 to 5/5 of the application as published.