European Patent Office

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
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Application number
07741395.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
ARTICLE PROVIDED WITH FEED CIRCUIT BOARD
Applicant name
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Opponent name
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
Board
3.4.01
Headnote
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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