T 0557/94 of 12.12.1996
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T055794.19961212
- Date of decision
- 12 December 1996
- Case number
- T 0557/94
- Online on
- 30 January 1997
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 83302965.5
- IPC class
- B29C 63/40
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A method of and apparatus for applying labels of heat shrink material to articles and articles so wrapped
- Applicant name
- B. & H. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
- Opponent name
- KRONES AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 111 1973Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Art 32
- Keywords
- The content of an Italian patent application enters the prior art 18 months after the priority date; no remittal to the first instance in order to guarantee a judicial review in case of revocation of the patent; inventive step - (yes)
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal of the appellant I (opponent III) is rejected.
2. The decision under appeal is set aside. The patent is maintained unamended.