European Patent Office

T 2463/16 of 31.05.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T246316.20210531
Date of decision
31 May 2021
Case number
T 2463/16
Petition for review of
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Application number
11153557.1
IPC class
H02J 3/26
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
System and method for mitigating an electric unbalance of a three-phase current at a Point of Common Coupling between a wind farm and a power grid
Applicant name
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
Opponent name
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Board
3.5.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Amendment after summons - objection based on different documents
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (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 case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form in the following version:

- Claims no. 1 to 8 of auxiliary request 1 filed with letter of 5 May 2017;

- Description pages 2 to 7 as filed during the oral proceedings of 31 May 2021;

- Figures no. 1 and 2 of the patent specification.