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
- -
- Application number
- 07831864.9
- 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
- Display and Information-Printed Matter
- Applicant name
- Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- 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.