European Patent Office

T 2654/18 of 26.07.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T265418.20210726
Date of decision
26 July 2021
Case number
T 2654/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
11306156.8
IPC class
B60H 1/00
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
Method of cooling air in a vehicle and air conditioning system for a vehicle
Applicant name
1. ALSTOM Transport Technologies
2. Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya
Opponent name
Mahle International GmbH
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Principle of reformatio in peius - contravened (no)
Late-filed objection regarding inventive step admitted (yes) regarding added subject-matter- admitted (no)
Remittal - special reasons for remittal (no)
Added subject-matter (no)
Insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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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 decision with the order to maintain the European patent in amended form according to the main request (claims 1 to 11) filed as auxiliary request 3 with the reply and a description to be adapted.