T 1496/11 of 12.09.2012
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T149611.20120912
- Date of decision
- 12 September 2012
- Case number
- T 1496/11
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 97942714.3
- IPC class
- B41M 3/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Self-verifying security documents
- Applicant name
- Securency International Pty Ltd
- Opponent name
- Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
De La Rue International Limited - Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 87 1973European Patent Convention R 103(1)
- Keywords
- Priority - identity of invention
Priority - main request (no)
Admissibility of late filed documents (yes)
Remittal (no)
Novelty - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee (no) - Catchword
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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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
- Claims 1 to 20, filed as auxiliary request 1 during the oral proceedings;
- Description, columns 1 to 12 and drawings, figures 1 to 4, as filed during the oral proceedings before the opposition division on 9 December 2010.
3. The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee is refused.