T 1449/05 of 26.09.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T144905.20060926
- Date of decision
- 26 September 2006
- Case number
- T 1449/05
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 01000595.7
- IPC class
- H05B 31/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Arrangement in connection with discharge lamp
- Applicant name
- Teknoware Oy
- Opponent name
- Oy Convince Electronics Ltd.
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10aRules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b
- Keywords
- Main request: inventive step (no)
First and second auxiliary requests: not admitted - Catchword
- Discretion to permit amendment of a party's case pursuant to Article 10b(1) or (3) RPBA may be exercised against a proprietor who seeks to resile at a late stage in the opposition appeal procedure from a previous long-standing acknowledgement or persistent tacit admission of prior art.
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside
2. The patent is revoked.