European Patent Office

T 0312/97 of 28.01.1999

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T031297.19990128
Date of decision
28 January 1999
Case number
T 0312/97
Online on
26 February 1999
Petition for review of
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Application number
90830575.8
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
A device for laser welding motor vehicle bodies
Applicant name
Comau S.p.A.
Opponent name
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
KUKA Schweissanlagen + Roboter GmbH
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step (yes)
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 the set of claims 1 to 5, an adapted description and Figure 3 of the drawings filed at the oral proceedings together with Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the drawings as granted.