European Patent Office

T 1386/18 of 20.01.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138618.20200120
Date of decision
20 January 2020
Case number
T 1386/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
10840300.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
METAL BELT-PLATE STRUCTURE REACTOR
Applicant name
Shanghai Tianyun Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
Opponent name
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Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 24Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25
Keywords
Claims - clarity (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
Transitional provisions - applicability of Article 13(1) RPBA
2020 to cases where the summons to oral proceedings were
notified before the entry into force of the RPBA 2020 (see
point 1 of the Reasons)

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:

Description:

Pages 1-21 received during the oral proceedings of 20 January 2020

Claims:

No. 1-7 received during the oral proceedings of 20 January 2020 (auxiliary request 4)

Drawings:

Figures 1-4 as originally filed.