European Patent Office

T 1635/10 of 02.04.2014

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T163510.20140402
Date of decision
2 April 2014
Case number
T 1635/10
Petition for review of
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Application number
05732311.5
IPC class
B65G 57/06
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
HANDLING UNIT FOR PALLETIZING
Applicant name
Blue Horizon GmbH & Co. KG
Opponent name
MSK-Verpackungs-Systeme GmbH
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no)
Late filed auxiliary request 2 - admitted (no)
Late filed auxiliary request 3 - inventive step (yes)
Handwritten amendments to documents for the maintenance of the patent - admitted (yes) (see point 5)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 0037/12T 1921/12

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of:

Claims:

No. 1 to 21 of the new auxiliary request 3 as filed during the oral proceedings.

Description:

Pages 2 and 3 of the published patent as filed during the oral proceedings;

Pages 4 and 5 of the published patent as granted.

Drawings:

Figures 1 to 10 of the published patent as granted.