T 0458/97 of 07.06.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T045897.19990607
- Date of decision
- 7 June 1999
- Case number
- T 0458/97
- Online on
- 15 June 1999
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 89904961.3
- IPC class
- H01R 4/30
- 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
- Anti-corrosive battery terminal
- Applicant name
- PRO-START, INC.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - after amendment, yes
- Catchword
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- Cited 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 grant a patent with the following claims and description:
Claims: 1 to 14 as filed with the letter dated 26. April 1999;
Description: pages 1, 4 and 5 as published with the International application; pages 2, 3, 3A, 3B and 6 as filed with the letter dated 26 April 1999; and
Figures: 1 to 4 as published with the International application;
page 3 and claims 1, 5, 6 and 14 being amended as set out in the minutes of the telephone conversation dated 27. April 1999.