T 1096/98 (Milking box/MAASLAND) of 30.05.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T109698.20010530
- Date of decision
- 30 May 2001
- Case number
- T 1096/98
- Online on
- 18 December 2001
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 89107976.6
- IPC class
- A01K 13/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Device for milking animals, such as cows
- Applicant name
- MAASLAND N.V.
- Opponent name
- (i) Alfa Laval Agri AB
(II) PROLION B.V. - Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(c) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123 1973
- Keywords
- Extended subject-matter (main request: yes; subsidiary request: no)
Inventive step: (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited 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 6 of the first auxiliary request as filed during the oral proceedings,
- description pages 1, 2, 2a, 2b as filed during the oral proceedings, pages 2c, 3, 4 and 5 as maintained by the Opposition Division,
- Figures 1 to 7 as granted.