European Patent Office

T 2818/19 vom 23.01.2023

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T281819.20230123
Datum der Entscheidung
23. Januar 2023
Aktenzeichen
T 2818/19
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
12863238.7
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
BULK-MATERIAL COOLING DEVICE AND BULK-MATERIAL COOLING METHOD
Name des Antragstellers
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Name des Einsprechenden
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG
IKN GmbH Ingenieurbüro-Kühlerbau-Neustadt
Kammer
3.2.03
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Schlagwörter
Late-filed request - procedural economy
Late-filed request - admitted (yes)
Late-filed facts - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed facts - admitted (no)
Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - common general knowledge
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
G 0010/91
Zitierende Akten
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:

- Claims 1 to 3 according to the main request, filed as auxiliary request 1 new with the letter dated 31 August 2022,

- Description: pages 2 and 3 filed at the oral proceedings before the Board on 23 January 2023 and pages 4 to 10 of the patent specification,

- Figures 1 to 5 of the patent specification.