T 0279/92 (Wastewater treatment/ZIMPRO PASSAVANT) of 19.05.1994
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1994:T027992.19940519
- Date of decision
- 19 May 1994
- Case number
- T 0279/92
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 88311170.0
- IPC class
- C02F 3/12
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Two-stage wastewater treatment process
- Applicant name
- Zimpro Passavant Environmental Systems, Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0020/81
- 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 first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Claims:
1. to 4 as on pages 22 and 23 filed with the letter of 23 October 1990;
5. to 22 as on pages 24 to 28 originally filed;
Description:
pages 1 to 4 and 7 to 21 as originally filed;
pages 5 and 6 as filed with the letter of 23. October 1990;
Drawings:
sheets 1/2 to 2/2 as originally filed.