European Patent Office

T 0171/87 of 13.12.1988

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T017187.19881213
Date of decision
13 December 1988
Case number
T 0171/87
Petition for review of
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Application number
80302077.5
IPC class
C04B 35/46
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
Honeycomb structure for use as a catalyst support for automobile exhaust
Applicant name
NGK Insulators
Opponent name
Hoechst; Hutschenreuther
Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Known material for a specific use
inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 0901/94

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 amended form as submitted at the oral proceedings.