T 0886/15 (Power supply circuit board with radiation plate / Murata Manufacturing Co.) of 01.10.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088615.20201001
- Date of decision
- 1 October 2020
- Case number
- T 0886/15
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 07741395.3
- 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
- ARTICLE PROVIDED WITH FEED CIRCUIT BOARD
- Applicant name
- Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1) (2020)
- Keywords
- Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Amendments - intermediate generalisation
added feature not the deliberate result of technical considerations - Catchword
- The added features cannot be considered to be
the deliberate result of technical considerations directed to the solution of the technical problem involved.
In the absence of any identified technical purpose justifying the features in question, their selection in a claim is arbitrary (cf. points 16-22). - Cited cases
- T 0398/00
- Citing cases
- T 2027/18
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed