European Patent Office

G 0009/92 (Non-appealing party) vom 14.07.1994

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1994:G000992.19940714
Datum der Entscheidung
14. Juli 1994
Aktenzeichen
G 0009/92
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
T 0060/91 1992-10-05
Anmeldenummer
86111866.9
IPC-Klasse
B62D 65/00
Verfahrenssprache
Deutsch
Verteilung
Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
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Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
G 0009/92 reformatio in peius 1993-06-22
Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Verfahren zum Abdecken von Öffnungen auf einem Hohlkörper durch dünnwandige, flächenhafte Gebilde
Name des Antragstellers
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Name des Einsprechenden
KUKA Schweißanlagen + Roboter GmbH
Kammer
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Leitsatz

1. If the patent proprietor is the sole appellant against an interlocutory decision maintaining a patent in amended form, neither the Board of Appeal nor the non-appealing opponent as a party to the proceedings as of right under Article 107, second sentence, EPC, may challenge the maintenance of the patent as amended in accordance with the interlocutory decision.

2.If the opponent is the sole appellant against an interlocutory decision maintaining a patent in amended form, the patent proprietor is primarily restricted during the appeal proceedings to defending the patent in the form in which it was maintained by the Opposition Division in its interlocutory decision. Amendments proposed by the patent proprietor as a party to the proceedings as of right under Article 107, second sentence, EPC, may be rejected as inadmissible by the Board of Appeal if they are neither appropriate nor necessary.

Schlagwörter
Reformatio in peius
Patent maintained in amended form in accordance with auxiliary request
Opposing parties each adversely affected
Appeal by one party
Requests by a non-appealing party which go beyond the appellant's requests in the notice of appeal
Minority opinion
Orientierungssatz
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ORDER

For these reasons the two-part point of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is answered as follows:

1. If the patent proprietor is the sole appellant against an interlocutory decision maintaining a patent in amended form, neither the Board of Appeal nor the non-appealing opponent as a party to the proceedings as of right under Article 107, second sentence, EPC, may challenge the maintenance of the patent as amended in accordance with the interlocutory decision.

2. If the opponent is the sole appellant against an interlocutory decision maintaining a patent in amended form, the patent proprietor is primarily restricted during appeal proceedings to defending the patent in the form in which it was maintained by the Opposition Division in its interlocutory decision. Amendments proposed by the patent proprietor as a party to the proceedings as of right under Article 107, second sentence, EPC, may be rejected as inadmissible by the Board of Appeal if they are neither appropriate nor necessary.