European Patent Office

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
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
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.