T 0651/97 of 03.08.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T065197.20000803
- Date of decision
- 3 August 2000
- Case number
- T 0651/97
- Online on
- 28 September 2000
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 92918680.7
- IPC class
- F02D 13/02
- 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
- Engine operation using fully flexible valve and injection events
- Applicant name
- CATERPILLAR INC.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes) after amendment
- Catchword
- -
- 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 grant a patent in the following version:
Claims: 1 to 6,
Description: Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 4b, and 5 to 18,
Drawings: Figures 1 to 8B
all submitted in the oral proceedings on 3 August 2000.