European Patent Office

T 0499/20 vom 16.06.2023

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T049920.20230616
Datum der Entscheidung
16. Juni 2023
Aktenzeichen
T 0499/20
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
10852865.4
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
RUBBER COMPOSITION AND MOLDED RUBBER PRODUCTS
Name des Antragstellers
NTN Corporation
NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD.
Name des Einsprechenden
Aechter, Bernd
Kammer
3.3.03
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Schlagwörter
Late-filed facts - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)
Late-filed facts - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances
Amendment after summons - first auxiliary request (no)
Amendment after summons - second auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - second auxiliary request
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Orientierungssatz
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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 on the basis of the claims 1 to 6 according to the second auxiliary request, filed with letter of 10 May 2023 after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.