T 1680/15 of 27.03.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T168015.20190327
- Date of decision
- 27 March 2019
- Case number
- T 1680/15
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10159222.8
- IPC class
- A01B 79/00A01B 69/00
- 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 for avoiding point rows for quadrilateral fields using autoguidance
- Applicant name
- CNH Industrial Italia S.p.A.
- Opponent name
- Amazonen-Werke
H. Dreyer GmbH & Co. KG
SBG Precision Farming B.V.
Lemken GmbH & Co. KG - Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention Art 114(1)European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(2)(c)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules 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
- Patentable invention - (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Availability to the public
Right to be heard - violation (no)
Late submitted material
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- 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 European patent
No. 2238819 in amended form on the basis of the following documents:
Claims:
Claims 1-13 as filed on 27 April 2015 and as upheld
in the decision under appeal
Description:
Paragraphs 1-11, 13-22, 31-37 as in the patent specification
Paragraph 12 as filed on 2 June 2015 during oral proceedings before the opposition division
Paragraphs 23-30 as filed on 27 March 2019 during
oral proceedings before the Board
Drawings:
Figures 1-6 as in the patent specification.