T 0245/96 of 04.08.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T024596.19980804
- Date of decision
- 4 August 1998
- Case number
- T 0245/96
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 91105320.5
- IPC class
- F16H 57/02
- 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
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Transmission series
- Applicant name
- Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd, et al
- Opponent name
- Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co
Deutsche Babcock Aktiengesellschaft - Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Claim 1 (main request), novelty and inventive step (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0001/91
- 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 in amended form on the basis of the following documents:
- Claim 1 and description page 4 submitted at the oral proceedings (main request)
- Claims 2 to 10, description pages 2, 3 and 5 and drawings as granted.