T 0576/12 of 09.01.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T057612.20150109
- Date of decision
- 9 January 2015
- Case number
- T 0576/12
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 05803807.6
- IPC class
- B60H 1/00F04D 19/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- 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
- A VENTILATING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
- Applicant name
- SPAL Automotive S.r.l.
- Opponent name
- ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 106(1)European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Prohibition of reformatio in peius - (no)
Res judicata - withdrawal of opponent's appeal (no)
Admittance of a document not admitted before the Opposition Division - (yes)
Remittal to the department of first instance - (no)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Auxiliary request 1 already admitted by the Opposition Division - correct exercise of discretion (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.