T 2623/17 of 18.01.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262317.20220118
- Date of decision
- 18 January 2022
- Case number
- T 2623/17
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09779737.7
- IPC class
- H01B 3/56H02B 13/055
- 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
- Dielectric Insulation Medium
- Applicant name
- ABB Schweiz AG
Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG - Opponent name
- 3M Innovative Properties Company
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Novelty - (no)
Novelty - claim directed to the use of a component of a gaseous mixture, not of the mixture itself
Inventive Step - (yes) - third auxiliary request
Admissibility - could be left undecided - 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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of claims 1 to 32 of the third auxiliary request, filed with the letter of 22 November 2021 and a description to be adapted.