T 1719/13 (Method for winding a filter media pack/BALDWIN) of 14.11.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T171913.20171114
- Date of decision
- 14 November 2017
- Case number
- T 1719/13
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 05798742.2
- IPC class
- B01D 46/52B01D 46/24B01D 29/01
- 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
- METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WINDING A FILTER MEDIA PACK
- Applicant name
- Baldwin Filters, Inc.
- Opponent name
- DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 80European Patent Convention R 99(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of appeal - (yes)
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)
Late-filed request - addition of dependent claim to request held allowable by the opposition division
Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed request - request amounts to an attempt to tidy up a request held allowable by the opposition division (yes)
Late-filed request - admitted (no)
Request held allowable by the opposition division and corresponding to requesting the dismissal of the opposing party's appeal - no reason to hold inadmissible
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
- Admissibility of request including the addition of a dependent claim to request held allowable by the opposition division (see reasons 3).
- Cited cases
- T 0993/07
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
Both appeals are dismissed.