T 0700/98 of 30.06.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T070098.20000630
- Date of decision
- 30 June 2000
- Case number
- T 0700/98
- Online on
- 3 August 2000
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91310232.3
- IPC class
- F01N 3/20
- 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
- Heater and catalytic converter
- Applicant name
- NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
- Opponent name
- (i) Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
(II) Emitec Gesellschaft für Emissionstechnologie mbH - Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - no for the main request
Inventive step - yes for the first auxiliary request - 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 in the following version:
Claims: 1 to 17 filed as the first auxiliary request at the oral proceedings on 30. June 2000;
Description:
Pages 3 to 13 as submitted at the oral proceedings on 30 June 2000;
Drawings:
Figures 1 (a) to 1 (f) and 2 as submitted at the oral proceedings on 30. June 2000.