European Patent Office

T 0972/21 (Recirculating deviant foodstuff products for batching/MAREL) vom 20.09.2024

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T097221.20240920
Datum der Entscheidung
20. September 2024
Aktenzeichen
T 0972/21
Online am
3. Dezember 2024
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
16168884.1
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Method and System for Sorting of Foodstuff Items
Name des Antragstellers
Marel A/S
Name des Einsprechenden
Nordischer Maschinenbau
Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
Kammer
3.4.02
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 111(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011
Schlagwörter
Grounds for opposition - inventive step (no)
Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA (yes)
Amendment to case - admitted (yes)
Remittal - special reasons for remittal (yes)
Orientierungssatz
In an appeal against the rejection of the opposition the filing of auxiliary requests with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal leads to essentially the same procedural situation on appeal as the filing of the same auxiliary requests within the time limit of Rule 79(1) EPC. This is a reason in favour of admittance under Article 12(4) RPBA and can represent circumstances justifying their admittance within the meaning of Article 12(6), second sentence, RPBA. See reasons 3.
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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 for further prosecution.