T 0149/11 of 24.01.2013
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T014911.20130124
- Date of decision
- 24 January 2013
- Case number
- T 0149/11
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 97202226.3
- IPC class
- A22B 7/00A22B 5/00A22C 21/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and device for processing a slaughtered animal or part thereof in a slaughterhouse
- Applicant name
- STORK PMT B.V.
- Opponent name
- Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- Arts 3 to 6, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionArts 4 and 5 of the ECHR, Rome 1950)European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 53(a)European Patent Convention R 28European Patent Convention R 29
- Keywords
- Main request and auxiliary requests 4 to 6 - subject-matter contravenes Art. 53(a) EPC (yes)
Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - subject-matter extends the scope of the claim (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - admissibility (yes), sufficiency of disclosure (yes), novelty and inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- T 0369/13
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following claims, drawings and a description to be adapted:
Claims: 1 to 22 filed during the oral proceedings as auxiliary request 3
Description: columns 1 to 9 of the patent specification
Drawings: Figures 1, 1a, 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 4, and 4a of the patent specification