European Patent Office

T 1018/21 vom 13.11.2023

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T101821.20231113
Datum der Entscheidung
13. November 2023
Aktenzeichen
T 1018/21
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
15786635.1
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
MULTI-STRIP BEAM-FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND BEAM
Name des Antragstellers
Shape Corp.
Name des Einsprechenden
Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH
BMW AG
Kammer
3.2.01
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Main request - admitted (yes)
Priority - granted claim 16
Priority - (no)
Novelty - main request
Novelty - (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request I
Novelty - (yes)
Late-filed request - auxiliary request I
Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (yes)
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request I
Inventive step - (yes)
Description - adapted to the claims (yes)
Alleged substantial procedural violation - irrelevant for decision
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierende Akten
T 0697/22

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:

- claims 1 to 15 of the auxiliary request I filed with the patent proprietor's statement of grounds of appeal dated 13 September 2021,

- the description of the patent as granted without paragraphs [0007], [0008] and [0009], and

- the figures of the patent as granted.