European Patent Office

T 1616/10 of 04.12.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T161610.20131204
Date of decision
4 December 2013
Case number
T 1616/10
Petition for review of
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Application number
03747537.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
HONEYCOMB FILTER FOR CLARIFYING EXHAUST GAS
Applicant name
IBIDEN CO., LTD.
Opponent name
Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Européen
Board
3.2.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Main request and auxiliary request 1: not admitted; claim 1 broader than all requests underlying the appealed decision, requests could have been filed in first instance proceedings (see Reasons 1.6, 1.7 and 2.2 to 2.4).
Auxiliary request 2: not admitted; no clear and unambiguous disclosure for the added feature.
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.