T 0973/97 of 16.10.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T097397.19981016
- Date of decision
- 16 October 1998
- Case number
- T 0973/97
- Online on
- 21 December 1998
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91307698.0
- IPC class
- F02M 37/22
- 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
- Fuel tank filter
- Applicant name
- Filtertek, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Mannesmann VDO AG
- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - 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 maintain the patent in the following version:
Claims: 1 to 12 according to the main request filed as Annex 1 during the oral proceedings on 16 October 1998
Description: columns 1 and 2 filed as Annex 5 during the oral proceedings on 16 October 1998
columns 3 and 4 as granted
Drawings: Figures 1 to 6 as granted