T 1285/15 of 18.11.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T128515.20191118
- Date of decision
- 18 November 2019
- Case number
- T 1285/15
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 03772406.9
- IPC class
- B41M 3/14
- 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
- Security Device and its Production Method
- Applicant name
- De La Rue International Limited
- Opponent name
- Bundesdruckerei GmbH
BANQUE NATIONALE DE BELGIQUE
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GmbH - Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 115European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Admission of late filed documents (yes)
Admission of a late filed attack (no)
Remittal (no)
Clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Added matter (yes: main request A; no: auxiliary request 0A)
Novelty (yes: auxiliary request 0A)
Inventive step (yes: auxiliary request 0A) - Catchword
- Application of Rule 80 EPC (see point 6 of the Reasons)
Treating insufficiency objections step by step
(see point 12.2.10 of the Reasons) - Citing 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 amended form in the following version:
- claims 1 to 18 of auxiliary request 0A filed with letter dated 6 August 2019,
- description pages 1, 2, 2a and 3 to 12 filed with letter dated 6 August 2019, and
- Figures 1 to 13(B) of the patent specification.