European Patent Office

T 0197/98 of 14.11.2000

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T019798.20001114
Date of decision
14 November 2000
Case number
T 0197/98
Online on
20 December 2000
Petition for review of
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Application number
91119255.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Mail piece weight monitoring system and method
Applicant name
PITNEY BOWES INC.
Opponent name
Société Secap
NEOPOST LTD.
Board
3.4.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Clarity (main request: no)
Inventive step (auxiliary request: yes, after amendments)
Catchword
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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 maintain the patent as amended in the following version:

Description: column 1, column 2 with insertion pages 3 and 3a and columns 5 and 6, all filed during the oral proceedings as auxiliary request; columns 3 and 4 as granted;

Claims: 1 to 16 filed during the oral proceedings as auxiliary request;

Drawings: Figures 1, 2A and 2B as granted.