T 1593/16 of 14.10.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159316.20211014
- Date of decision
- 14 October 2021
- Case number
- T 1593/16
- Online on
- 23 November 2021
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04798549.4
- IPC class
- G01B 21/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- 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
- METHOD OF ERROR COMPENSATION IN A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE WITH AN ARTICULATING PROBE HEAD
- Applicant name
- Renishaw plc
- Opponent name
- Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
Hexagon Technology Center GmbH - Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(c) 1973European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 108 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention R 99(2) (2007)European Patent Convention R 103(1)(a) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11 (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2007)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of the appeal (yes)
Admission of requests submitted in reply to the statement of grounds of appeal (yes)
Amended subject-matter extending beyond the content of the application as filed (main request and fifth auxiliary request: yes)
Clarity of claims (second auxiliary request: no)
Substantial procedural violation and reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)
Remittal (no) - 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 patent is revoked.
3. The appeal fees of opponent 1 and opponent 2 are to be reimbursed.