European Patent Office

T 1242/10 of 30.01.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T124210.20130130
Date of decision
30 January 2013
Case number
T 1242/10
Online on
4 March 2013
Petition for review of
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Application number
97920177.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Flat-top container with an opening fitment
Applicant name
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
Opponent name
SIG Technology AG
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 100(c)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Amendments: allowable
Late-filed document: not admitted
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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:

claims 1 to 6: filed as main request at the oral proceedings,

description: columns 1 to 4 as filed during the oral proceedings,

columns 5 to 11 of the patent specification,

figures 1 to 15: of the patent specification.