T 0382/14 of 13.04.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T038214.20180413
- Date of decision
- 13 April 2018
- Case number
- T 0382/14
- Online on
- 18 May 2018
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09164406.2
- IPC class
- A22C 21/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and apparatus for processing poultry or a part thereof
- Applicant name
- Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
- Opponent name
- Nordischer Maschinenbau
Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG - Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - obvious modification
Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:
Claims:
Claims 1 - 4 of the Auxiliary Request filed during the oral proceedings on 13 April 2018,
Description:
adapted description pages 2 and 3 as filed during the oral proceedings before the board on 13 April 2018,
and page 4 as of the published specification,
Drawings:
Figures 1 - 12 as contained in the published specification.