T 0559/99 (Fuel filter/STANADYNE) of 10.03.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T055999.20030310
- Date of decision
- 10 March 2003
- Case number
- T 0559/99
- Online on
- 22 May 2003
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 92306161.8
- IPC class
- B01D 35/30
- 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
- Fuel filter retention system
- Applicant name
- STANADYNE AUTOMOTIVE CORP.
- Opponent name
- Robert Bosch GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 104(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Late filed document: not disregarded
Apportionment of costs: no, not equitable
Sufficiency of disclosure: yes - not affected by error in alternative drawing
Novelty: yes - drawing to be considered in the light of corresponding description
Inventive step: yes - non obvious combination of features - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal is dismissed.
2. The request for apportionment of costs is rejected.