T 0131/93 of 14.09.1994
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1994:T013193.19940914
- Date of decision
- 14 September 1994
- Case number
- T 0131/93
- Online on
- 24 October 1994
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 85904175.8
- IPC class
- C21C 7/00
- 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
- Method and apparatus for continuous steelmaking
- Applicant name
- INTERSTEEL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Opponent name
- VOEST-ALPINE Industrieanlagenbau Ges.m.b.H.
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes) - after amendments
- 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 maintain the patent on the basis of Claims 1 and 23 filed during the oral proceedings, Claims 2 to 22 and 24 to 36 as granted and the description and drawings as granted.