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
- IPC class
- E04F 15/022B32B 21/13
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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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
- 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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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(2)(c) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 82 1973
- 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.