European Patent Office

T 1404/16 of 04.07.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T140416.20190704
Date of decision
4 July 2019
Case number
T 1404/16
Online on
2 August 2019
Petition for review of
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Application number
02777289.6
IPC class
B42D 15/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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 element for documents, bank notes, security paper and the like
Applicant name
Fedrigoni S.p.A.
Opponent name
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - 4th auxiliary request (yes)
Novelty - 1st, 2nd and 3rd auxiliary requests (no)
Novelty - 4th auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - 4th auxiliary request (allowable)
Claims - clarity
Claims - 4th auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - 4th auxiliary request (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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:

Description:

Pages 2 and 3 of the amended patent specification received during the oral proceedings of 4 July 2019;

Pages 4 and 5 of the patent specification.

Claims:

No 1 to 20 of the 4**(th) auxiliary request received during the oral proceedings of 4 July 2019.

Drawings:

Figs. 1 - 11 of the patent specification.