T 1939/18 of 26.04.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T193918.20220426
- Date of decision
- 26 April 2022
- Case number
- T 1939/18
- Online on
- 9 June 2022
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 12179748.4
- IPC class
- F23R 3/00F23M 20/00F02C 7/24
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Acoustic Helmholtz Dampener For Use In Gas Turbine Engine
- Applicant name
- General Electric Company
- Opponent name
- Ansaldo Energia Switzerland AG
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - ex post facto analysis - 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 the following version:
- description: columns 1 to 6 of the patent specification
- claims: 1 to 13 according to the main request (2nd auxiliary request submitted with the letter dated 2 January 2018)
- drawings: 1 to 5 of the patent specification.