European Patent Office

T 2049/16 of 06.10.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204916.20201006
Date of decision
6 October 2020
Case number
T 2049/16
Petition for review of
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Application number
07831864.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Display and Information-Printed Matter
Applicant name
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
Opponent name
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54(1) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2007)
Keywords
Inadmissible extension (yes: main request)
Exclusion of document D20 (no)
Novelty (no: auxiliary request 1)
Admissibility of auxiliary requests 2 to 16 (no)
Catchword
Possibility for a board of appeal to exclude a document admitted by the opposition division because of its prima facie relevance (see point 3 of the reasons).

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. The objection raised by the appellant in respect of a procedural defect is dismissed.