European Patent Office

T 0551/09 of 11.12.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T055109.20121211
Date of decision
11 December 2012
Case number
T 0551/09
Online on
12 March 2013
Petition for review of
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Application number
03706339.3
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
A container; a packaging made therefrom; and a moulding tool and a method of manufacturing the container
Applicant name
Superfos a/s
Opponent name
Firma Saier Verpackungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Inventive step - no, all requests; application of problem solution approach - no hindsight involved; could-would test - skilled person would arrive at the claimed subject-matter by combined consideration of the closest prior art and his common technical knowledge (points 6 and 7)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 2150/12

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.