European Patent Office

T 2051/16 of 11.09.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T205116.20190911
Date of decision
11 September 2019
Case number
T 2051/16
Petition for review of
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Application number
05804236.7
IPC class
B60K 15/04
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
ANTI SIPHON TANK INLET AND METHOD
Applicant name
Tiss Limited
Opponent name
FuelDefend Global Limited
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Evidence of alleged public prior use
Evidence - not sufficiently proven
Amendments - main request
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Amendments - first auxiliary request
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Admissibility of first auxiliary request (yes)
Novelty - first auxiliary request (yes)
Admissibility of new line of attack on inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing 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 in amended form in the following version:

- claims 1 to 12 according to the first auxiliary request filed with the letter dated 21 March 2017;

- description: columns 1 and 2, 5 to 8 of the patent specification; columns 3 and 4 as filed during oral proceedings;

- figures 1 to 4 of the patent specification.