T 1297/16 of 19.04.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129716.20210419
- Date of decision
- 19 April 2021
- Case number
- T 1297/16
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09172183.7
- IPC class
- H01H 33/66
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- 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
- Main circuit terminal assembly for vacuum circuit breaker
- Applicant name
- LS Industrial Systems Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 99(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of appeal - sufficiently substantiated (yes)
Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4 (no)
Amendment after summons - order of requests
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary request 3
Amendments - intermediate generalisation - 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 revoked.