T 0415/91 of 13.05.1992
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1992:T041591.19920513
- Date of decision
- 13 May 1992
- Case number
- T 0415/91
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 87306549.4
- IPC class
- H02J 7/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- High DC voltage power supply for motor vehicle electrical circuit
- Applicant name
- General Motors Corporation
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Amendment-deletion of feature from claim - not allowed
Whole of cited document available to public
Inventive step - yes, after amendment - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The Appellant's main request is rejected.
3. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the Appellant's auxiliary request, i.e. on the basis of:
Claims 1 to 11 of the auxiliary set of claims filed during the oral proceedings on 13 May 1992;
Description, pages 1 to 6 filed during the oral proceedings on 13 May 1992, and pages 7 to 59 of the application as originally filed, with the insertion after "No." in line 20 of page 59 (line 26 of column 35 of EP- A2-0 256 689) of "87306550.2 (publn. no. 0,256,690)", as requested in the Appellant's letter dated 9 April 1990;
Drawings, sheets 1/17 to 17/17 as originally filed.