European Patent Office

T 0076/83 of 21.03.1985

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1985:T007683.19850321
Date of decision
21 March 1985
Case number
T 0076/83
Petition for review of
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Application number
79901012.9
IPC class
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Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Fibrous products and their manufacture
Applicant name
Lintrend Limited
Opponent name
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Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Implied lack of novelty
Inventive step
Demonstration of effect
Causality of distinguishing feature to the effect
Reimbursement of appeal fee
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 0686/91

ORDER

It is decided that

1. The decision of the Examining Division of 14 December 1982 is set aside.

2. The application is remitted to the Examining Division for further substantive examination on the basis of Claims 1 to 13 originally submitted with letter of 8 June 1984 wherein Claim 1 is also limited to the features of Claim 7, with or without the further limitation to "linen", as requested in letter dated 12 March 1985, page 1, paragraphs 6 and 7.

3. The appeal insofar as it relates to requests based on unamended Claims 1 to 15 or 1 to 13, or 1 to 13 wherein Claim 1 is additionally limited to the features of Claim 4, as submitted in the letter dated 12 March 1985, page 1, is rejected.

4. The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee is dismissed.