T 0020/93 of 15.02.1995
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1995:T002093.19950215
- Date of decision
- 15 February 1995
- Case number
- T 0020/93
- Online on
- 31 March 1995
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 86103158.1
- IPC class
- B22D 11/06
- 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
- Double drum type continuous casting machine
- Applicant name
- HITACHI, LTD NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
- Opponent name
- Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - yes (after amendment)
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- 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 on the basis of the following documents:
Description: Column 1 with insert denoted by -1- as filed on 12 February 1992 and column 2 to column 9, line 3, of the patent as granted;
Claims: No. 1 as filed at the oral proceedings of 15 February 1995 and No. 2 to 10 as filed on 1 February 1991;
Drawings: Sheets 1 and 2 as filed at the oral proceedings of 15 February 1995 and sheets 3 and 4 of the patent as granted.