European Patent Office

T 0024/96 of 04.03.1999

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T002496.19990304
Date of decision
4 March 1999
Case number
T 0024/96
Petition for review of
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Application number
89103895.2
IPC class
F04D 19/04
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Turbomolecular pump and method of operating the same
Applicant name
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, et al
Opponent name
Leybold Aktiengesellschaft
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention R 57a 1973
Keywords
Amendments in opposition proceedings - amendment by introducing new dependent claims - neither appropriate nor necessary - section V
Novelty and inventive step - yes
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0829/93
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 in the following version:

Claims: 1 to 6 filed during the oral proceedings of 4 March 1999

Description: columns 1 to 9 filed during the oral proceedings of 4 March 1999

Drawings: Figures 1, 2, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6 and 7 as granted.