European Patent Office

T 1090/97 of 08.05.2000

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T109097.20000508
Date of decision
8 May 2000
Case number
T 1090/97
Petition for review of
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Application number
94830365.6
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Flooring strips consisting of a layer of inexpensive woody material acting as the base for a row of top quality wooden segments
Applicant name
MARGARITELLI - S.P.A.
Opponent name
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Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Patentable inventions - aesthetic creations
Unity - dependent claims
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step - known element
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 1114/15

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 the patent with the following documents:

- claims: 1 to 4, received on 17 April 2000, whereby "an" is inserted before "adjacent row" and "layed" is replaced by "laid";

- description: pages 1 to 7, received on 17. April 2000, with the following amendments:

page 1:

- replace "rows" by "row" in the title and in line 3;

- replace "layed" by "laid" in line 5;

- insert "an" before "adjacent row" in line 9;

page 5:

- replace "on" by "one" in line 30;

page 6:

- separate "ofone" and "theitem" in lines 7. and 10 into "of one" and "the item".

- drawing: Figures 1 to 7 as originally filed.