T 0195/99 of 25.09.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T019599.20020925
- Date of decision
- 25 September 2002
- Case number
- T 0195/99
- Online on
- 7 October 2002
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 92304621.3
- IPC class
- B41J 13/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Printing machine
- Applicant name
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Clarity (yes)
Novelty and inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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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 on the basis of the following documents:
(i) description: pages 2 and 4 to 8 as granted, page 3 and Insert A as filed on 16 September 2002;
(ii) claims 1 to 5 as filed on 7 April 1999; and
(iii) drawings; Figures 1 to 4, 5a, 5b, 6 to 11, as granted.