T 0012/98 of 28.07.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T001298.20000728
- Date of decision
- 28 July 2000
- Case number
- T 0012/98
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 90911862.2
- IPC class
- A47K 3/10
- 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
- Jet units for whirlpool-bath systems
- Applicant name
- PH POOL SERVICES LIMITED
- Opponent name
- HOESCH Metall + Kunststoffwerk GmbH & Co.
- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Disclosure of invention - yes
Functional definitions in claim - allowable
Inventive step - yes - Catchword
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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 maintain the patent in the following version:
- claims 1 to 9 as submitted in the oral proceedings;
- pages 1 to 3 of the description as submitted in the oral proceedings, and column 2, line 50 to column 6, line 18 as granted, with the amendment that column 2, line 51 reads as follows "stem extends over the nose-part of the nozzle"; and
- Figures 1 to 4 as granted