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Date of decision: 06 December 2007

Case number: T 0668/03 - 3.2.04

Application number: 96911433.9

IPC class: A47L9/14

Proceedings language: EN

Title of the application
Shock resistant high efficiency vacuum cleaner filter bag
Applicant name
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Opponent name
Fiber Mark Gessner GmbH & Co./Eurofilters N.V.
Headnote
-
Articles and rules
EPC1973 Art 100(a)
EPC 1973 Art 104
EPC 1973 Art 123(2)
Keywords
Main request - inventive step (no)
First auxiliary request - added subject-matter (yes)
Late filed second auxiliary request - not admitted
Apportionment of costs (refused)
Cited decisions
T 0153/85
T 0074/96
Catchwords
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