T 0158/12 of 25.10.2013
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T015812.20131025
- Date of decision
- 25 October 2013
- Case number
- T 0158/12
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 07799034.9
- IPC class
- F01N 11/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- DIESEL EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM CATALYST MONITORING
- Applicant name
- BASF Catalysts LLC
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.2.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 82European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 94(1)European Patent Convention R 137(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Violation of right to be heard - no.
Main request - withdrawn during examination proceedings and
relates to searched subject-matter which was not initially chosen to be the subject of examination (after non-unity objection)
Auxiliary request 1 - no change of subject-matter with respect to claim 1 of the main request; prima facie not allowable
Auxiliary request 1 - not admitted
Auxiliary requests 2 and 3 - claim 1 prima facie lacks clarity
Auxiliary requests 2 and 3 - not admitted - Catchword
- For one application, only one examination is to be carried out as the result of the single examination fee which has been paid. Having once chosen one invention (or one group of inventions) to be made the subject of examination, this choice cannot be altered once examination of that invention has commenced (reasons 2.7 and 2.8).
- Cited cases
- G 0002/92
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.