T 0573/94 of 28.04.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T057394.19990428
- Date of decision
- 28 April 1999
- Case number
- T 0573/94
- Online on
- 26 July 1999
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 85112594.8
- IPC class
- G07B 17/02
- 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
- Printing apparatus comprising microprocessor controlled D.C. motor for controlling print value selection means and process for operating printing apparatus
- Applicant name
- Pitney Bowes Inc.
- Opponent name
- Société Secap
Neopost Ltd. - Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 102(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Article 56, main request, inventive step - (yes) after amendment
- 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 remitted to the department of the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents according to the main request:
Claims: 1 to 27 as filed at the oral proceedings on 28. April 1999,
pages 4 to 25 of the patent specification,
pages 2 and 3 of the description as filed at the oral proceedings before the Opposition Division on 15 March 1994,
Figure: sheets 1/23 to 23/23 of the patent specification.