T 1156/15 of 17.12.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115615.20201217
- Date of decision
- 17 December 2020
- Case number
- T 1156/15
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 08157339.6
- IPC class
- H01H 33/24
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- High voltage circuit breaker
- Applicant name
- ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG
- Opponent name
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(3) (2020)
- Keywords
- Novelty - availability to the public of a product brochure (yes)
Novelty - distance ratios not directly and unambiguously derivable from drawings and photographs
Inventive step - (yes)
Late filed objection of lack of inventive step - admitted (no) - no justification for late filing and not conducive to procedural economy - 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 patent is maintained as granted.