DG3: DBA case T 0740/96

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Date of decision

26 October 2000

Case number

T 0740/96 - 3.2.6

Application number

89200775.8

IPC

B23B13/02

Proceedings Language

Title of the application

Metal bar feed control device with distributor and several hydraulic motors for feeding a multispindle automatic lathe

Applicant name

PIETRO CUCCHI S.p.A.

Opponent name

I.E.M.C.A Industria Elettromeccanica Complessi Automatici

Headnote

-

Articles and Rules

Keywords

Inventive step (yes)
Interpretation of the extent of protection of a patent: not a task of the EPO
Enlarged Board of Appeal; referral (no)

Cited Decisions

T 0442/91
T 0002/80
T 0454/89
T 0760/90
T 0016/87
T 0023/86

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