T 0388/97 of 04.02.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T038897.19990204
- Date of decision
- 4 February 1999
- Case number
- T 0388/97
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 91912236.6
- IPC class
- F16K 11/02F16K 7/16
- 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
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Valve for controlling connection to branch passage
- Applicant name
- Saunders Valve Company Limited
- Opponent name
- Gebrüder Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0896/92
- 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 on the basis of the following documents:
Claim 1 submitted at the oral proceedings on 4 February 1999; claims 2 to 4, description and drawings as accepted by the first instance.