G 0004/93 (Non-appealing party) vom 14.07.1994

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator

ECLI:EP:BA:1994:G000493.19940714

Datum der Entscheidung

14. Juli 1994

Aktenzeichen

G 0004/93

Antrag auf Überprüfung von

T 0488/91 1992-11-15

Anmeldenummer

82903018.8

IPC-Klasse

H04N 5/04

Verfahrenssprache

Englisch

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Vertical sync counter with automatic recognition of TV line standard

Name des Antragstellers

Motorola, Inc.

Name des Einsprechenden

N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken
Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte E.V.

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Leitsatz

I. 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.

II. 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.

Relevante Rechtsnormen

European Patent Convention Art 101(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 107 1973 European Patent Convention Art 111 1973 European Patent Convention Art 114(1) 1973 European Patent Convention R 58(2) 1973 European Patent Convention R 64(b) 1973 European Patent Convention R 65(1) 1973 European Patent Convention R 66(1) 1973

Schlagwörter

Reformation 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 appellants requests in the Notice of Appeal
Minority opinion

Orientierungssatz

Zitierte Akten

G 0002/91 G 0005/91 G 0007/91 G 0008/91 G 0010/91 T 0123/85 T 0576/89 T 0060/91 T 0369/91 T 0096/92

Zitierende Akten

G 0001/99 G 0002/12 G 0002/13 T 0788/90 T 0488/91 T 0646/91 T 0716/91 T 0898/91 T 0266/92 T 0491/92 T 0923/92 T 0933/92 T 0329/93 T 0752/93 T 0140/94 T 0323/94 T 0579/94 T 0900/94 T 1002/95 T 0331/96 T 0893/96 T 1011/96 T 0029/97 T 0315/97 T 0453/97 T 0470/97 T 0522/97 T 0594/97 T 0785/97 T 0905/97 T 0906/97 T 0368/98 T 0386/98 T 0450/98 T 0467/98 T 0554/98 T 0590/98 T 0670/98 T 0290/99 T 0492/99 T 0598/99 T 0668/99 T 0695/99 T 0717/99 T 0724/99 T 0944/99 T 0966/99 T 0182/00 T 0204/00 T 0706/00 T 0751/00 T 0782/00 T 0819/00 T 0886/00 T 1072/00 T 1120/00 T 1143/00 T 0092/01 T 0318/01 T 0764/01 T 0999/01 T 1004/01 T 1227/01 T 0425/02 T 0449/02 T 0794/02 T 0903/02 T 0420/03 T 0520/03 T 0731/03 T 1239/03 T 0099/04 T 0284/04 T 0386/04 T 0676/04 T 0822/04 T 1178/04 T 1214/04 T 1341/04 T 0263/05 T 0319/05 T 0905/05 T 1277/05 T 0073/06 T 0224/06 T 0332/06 T 0483/06 T 0558/06 T 0642/06 T 1207/06 T 1278/06 T 0079/07 T 0141/07 T 0152/07 T 0659/07 T 0662/07 T 0832/07 T 1115/07 T 1205/07 T 1544/07 T 1563/07 T 0036/08 T 0191/08 T 0358/08 T 1033/08 T 1082/08 T 1630/08 T 1713/08 T 1810/08 T 2344/08 T 0150/09 T 0209/09 T 0226/09 T 0689/09 T 0727/09 T 1464/09 T 1843/09 T 1848/09 T 0028/10 T 0095/10 T 0260/10 T 0281/10 T 0427/10 T 0722/10 T 1340/10 T 1367/10 T 1499/10 T 1525/10 T 1684/10 T 0484/11 T 0560/11 T 1157/11 T 1400/11 T 1782/11 T 0242/12 T 0251/12 T 0395/12 T 0416/12 T 0502/12 T 0576/12 T 0910/12 T 2314/12 T 0027/13 T 0450/13 T 0460/13 T 0711/13 T 1486/13 T 0589/14 T 0611/15 T 1103/15 T 1908/15 T 2366/15 T 0201/16 T 0590/16 T 0687/16 T 1797/16 T 2197/16 T 2472/16 T 0184/17 T 0882/17 T 1208/17 T 1336/17 T 1600/17 T 1628/17 T 1653/17 T 1656/17 T 2518/17 T 2743/17 T 0582/18 T 0873/18 T 1287/18 T 1919/18 T 2212/18 T 2242/18 T 2654/18 T 0683/19 T 1080/19 T 1391/19 T 1577/19 T 2159/19 T 2193/19 T 2396/19 T 2771/19 T 3201/19 T 3214/19 T 0905/20 T 1256/20 T 1985/20 T 0312/21 T 1788/21 T 1888/21 T 0298/22 T 0327/22 T 0361/22 T 1340/22 T 1354/22 T 1676/22 T 1695/22 T 1824/22 T 1855/22 T 2217/22 T 0724/23 T 1587/23 T 1936/23 T 0197/24

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.