T 0596/97 of 10.06.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T059697.19980610
- Date of decision
- 10 June 1998
- Case number
- T 0596/97
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 94116245.5
- IPC class
- F04D 29/66
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Centrifugal fluid machine
- Applicant name
- Hitachi, Ltd.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 82 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 29(2) 1973European Patent Convention R 29(4) 1973European Patent Convention R 51(3) 1973European Patent Convention R 67 1973European Patent Convention R 68(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Plurality of independent claims - conciseness
Decision to refuse - lack of reasons
Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee - Catchword
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- Citing cases
- T 0934/97
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 for further prosecution on the basis of the documents of the main request:
- claims 1 to 18 filed with the statement of grounds of appeal of 23 May 1997,
- description pages 1, 1a, 2 to 4, 8 to 29 and 32 filed with the statement of grounds of appeal of 23. May 1997,
- description pages 30 and 31 filed with the letter of 9 March 1998, and
- drawings pages 1/19 to 19/19 (Figures 1 to 24) filed with the statement of grounds of appeal of 23. May 1997.
3. The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee is allowed.