T 0576/17 (Drilling-rig remote control/EPIROC) of 18.05.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T057617.20220518
- Date of decision
- 18 May 2022
- Case number
- T 0576/17
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 03701194.7
- IPC class
- H04Q 9/00E21B 44/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Remote control of drilling rigs
- Applicant name
- Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag
- Opponent name
- Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
- Board
- 3.5.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 116(1)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(8)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Decision in written proceedings - (yes): indication of non-attendance by proprietor - oral proceedings neither necessary nor expedient
Inventive step - main request (no): choice of starting point for assessing inventive step
Admittance - auxiliary request (no): no cogent reasons - Catchword
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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.