T 0032/93 of 21.09.1995
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1995:T003293.19950921
- Date of decision
- 21 September 1995
- Case number
- T 0032/93
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 86115311.2
- IPC class
- G03B 21/64
- 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
- -
- Application title
- Container for slides and a method for automatically packaging the slides in the container
- Applicant name
- TECNODIA S.P.A.
- Opponent name
- Geimuplast Peter Mundt GmbH & Co. KG
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 27(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes) after amendments
Change of category (here: from "apparatus" to "use claim") - yes - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0002/88
- Citing cases
- -
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 maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
Claim 1 as presented in the oral proceedings; claims 2 to 11 of the auxiliary request as submitted with the letter dated 4 January 1995; the description of the European patent specification to be adapted; Figures 1 to 5 of the European patent specification.