T 0488/92 of 15.09.1993
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T048892.19930915
- Date of decision
- 15 September 1993
- Case number
- T 0488/92
- Online on
- 1 October 1993
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 89900871.8
- IPC class
- F16L 21/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Pipe joints
- Applicant name
- Stanton PLC
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Claims - functional features
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Amendments - agreed by the Boards of Appeal
Decision re appeals - remittal (yes) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is referred back to the first instance with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following documents:
Claims: 1, 2 and 4 to 7 (renumbered as 3 to 6) filed with letter dated 13 July 1993 and received on 15 July 1993;
Description: Pages 1 to 5 filed with letter dated 13 July 1993 and received on 15 July 1993, with the amendment to page 1 agreed by telephone on 25 August 1993;
Drawings: Sheets 1/2 and 2/2 as originally filed.