T 0594/97 (Milking method/MAASLAND) of 12.10.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T059497.20011012
- Date of decision
- 12 October 2001
- Case number
- T 0594/97
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 92202243.9
- IPC class
- A01J 7/00
- 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
- A milking plant
- Applicant name
- MAASLAND N.V.
- Opponent name
- Alfa Laval Agri AB
PROLION B.V. - Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(c) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (subsidiary request), yes
Interpretation of G 1/99 - Catchword
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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 in the following version:
Claim:
Claim 1 (single claim) of the subsidiary request as submitted during the oral proceedings before the Board on 7 December 1999,
Description:
pages 1A, 2A and 3 filed during the oral proceedings before the Opposition Division on 5 March 1997, columns 5 to 8 as granted,
Drawings:
Figures 1 to 4 as granted.