European Patent Office

T 0776/24 vom 12.03.2026

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T077624.20260312
Datum der Entscheidung
12. März 2026
Aktenzeichen
T 0776/24
Online am
23. April 2026
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
16906418.5
IPC-Klasse
E01F 15/14
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
DAMPING DEVICE
Name des Antragstellers
OAO "Zavod Prodmash"
Name des Einsprechenden
Industry AMS S.r.l.
Kammer
3.2.03
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Inventive step - ex post facto analysis
Inventive step - could-would approach
Inventive step - non-obvious modification
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - amendment of figures resulting in extension of subject-matter (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Orientierungssatz
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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 a patent as amended in the following version:

Claims:

No. 1 to 3 according to auxiliary request 00 filed with the letter of 15 December 2025

Description:

of the patent specification

Drawings:

Figures of auxiliary request 0 filed with the reply to the grounds of appeal on 6 December 2024