| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T071606.20080617 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 17 June 2008 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0716/06 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 01830178.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | F04D 19/04 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Turbine pump with a stator stage integrated with a spacer ring | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | VARIAN S.p.A. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.04 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Alleged public prior use Witness offered but not summoned - substantial procedural violation Remittal (yes) |
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If a request is made by an opponent to hear a witness on an alleged public prior use and on the disclosure of a certain feature by this prior use, the competent department of the EPO must as a rule grant this request before deciding that the alleged public prior use is neither established nor a novelty destroying state of the art because the feature in question is not found to be disclosed therein. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t060716eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021