T 1746/15 of 13.11.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T174615.20171113
- Date of decision
- 13 November 2017
- Case number
- T 1746/15
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 09168562.8
- IPC class
- B65G 47/84
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- 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
- An apparatus for transport and controlled discharge of products
- Applicant name
- Eurosort B.V.
- Opponent name
- Optimus Sorter Holding B.V.
SDI Group Material Handling Solutions GmbH - Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- blankPatG § 140cblankZPO §§ 485, 487, 491, 493, 494aEuropean Patent Convention Art 105(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 105(2)European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules 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
- Selbstständiges Beweisverfahren - proceedings for infringement (no)
Intervention of assumed infringer - admissible (no)
Novelty - main request and first auxiliary request (no)
Late-filed second to seventh auxiliary requests - admitted (no) - Catchword
- Independent evidentiary proceedings under § 485 of the German Code of Civil Procedure ("selbstständiges Beweisverfahren", also known under "Beweissicherungsverfahren" or "Düsseldorfer Verfahren") do not qualify as proceedings for infringement under Article 105(1)(a) EPC (see reasons, point 1).
- Citing cases
- T 0439/17
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The intervention by SDI Group Material Handling Solutions GmbH is inadmissible.
2. The appeal is dismissed.