European Patent Office

T 1408/19 vom 04.07.2023

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T140819.20230704
Datum der Entscheidung
4. Juli 2023
Aktenzeichen
T 1408/19
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
11162291.6
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
Zusammenfassung von EPC2000 R 076
Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Arrangement and method for the contrast improvement in a charged particle beam device for inspecting a specimen
Name des Antragstellers
ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH
Name des Einsprechenden
Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
Kammer
3.4.03
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 76(2)(c)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Schlagwörter
Admissibility of appeal - (yes)
Admissibility of appeal - admission of the line of attack forming the basis of the appeal is not a legal requirement for the admissibility of appeal
Late-filed facts - no reason not to admit new line of attack
Admissibility of opposition - (yes)
Admissibility of opposition - corrigible erroneous reference
Inventive step - (yes)
Orientierungssatz
On the admissibility of an opposition in case the publication data of a piece of evidence is erroneous in the notice of opposition (Reasons, point 2)
Rule 76(2)(c) EPC merely requires an indication of the facts and evidence presented in support of the argued grounds for opposition, but not necessarily every piece of evidence need already be presented along with the notice of opposition. For an admissible opposition it is normally sufficient that the indications given in the notice of opposition permit the substantive content of the offered evidence to be established only at a later stage, provided that this substantive content can be established without undue effort and still within a reasonable time. (Reasons, point 2.5.1)
Zitierende Akten
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.