| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T007907.20080624 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 24 June 2008 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0079/07 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 98203918.2 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | F16C 32/06 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | An hydrostatic bearing with a roughened annular area on the inside surface of the bearing | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | United Technologies Corporation | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | AIRBUS et al. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Competence for verifying conformity of examing division's correction decision with Rule 89 EPC 1973 (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) Remittal to the first instance (yes) |
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Neither the opposition division nor the board of appeal in opposition appeal proceedings has any competence to verify whether the examining division's decision to correct its grant decision complies with the requirements of Rule 89 EPC 1973 (see points 3 to 23 of the Reasons; deviating from T 268/02). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t070079eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021