T 0789/89 (Relief valve) of 11.01.1993
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T078989.19930111
- Date of decision
- 11 January 1993
- Case number
- T 0789/89
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 82300821.4
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Improvements in or relating to relief valves for sanitation systems or the like
- Applicant name
- McALPINE
- Opponent name
- AB Sjöbo Bruk
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
The respondent to an appeal and former opponent who withdraws his opposition ceases to be a party to appeal proceedings as far as the substantive issues (re: existence and scope of the patent right) are concerned. However this leaves his party status unaffected insofar as the question of apportionment of costs under Article 104 EPC is at issue (see point 2).
- Relevant legal provisions
- EPC1973_Art_107_Sent_2European Patent Convention Art 52 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes)
Parties to appeal - withdrawal of opposition - substantive issues/non-substantive issues, e.g. costs - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- T 0329/92T 0286/93T 0020/94T 0552/94T 0668/94T 0534/96T 0003/97T 0313/97T 0793/97T 0829/97T 0481/98T 0577/98T 0616/98T 0047/99T 0051/00T 0313/00T 0388/00T 0406/00T 0876/00T 0764/01T 0922/01T 0172/02T 0283/02T 1091/02T 1047/03T 0168/04T 0852/04T 0225/05T 0340/05T 0805/05T 0634/07T 1020/08T 1878/08T 0353/09T 0046/10T 0654/10T 0727/10T 1025/10T 1346/10T 1397/10T 1643/10T 2350/10T 0458/11T 2061/11T 0772/12T 2571/12T 0852/13T 0700/15T 1282/16T 2659/17T 1511/18T 1262/19T 2733/19T 1563/21T 0313/23
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The contested decision is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents: