European Patent Office

T 2594/17 of 20.05.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259417.20210520
Date of decision
20 May 2021
Case number
T 2594/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
12721596.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
VIRTUAL TESTING AND INSPECTION OF A VIRTUAL WELDMENT
Applicant name
Lincoln Global, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1
Inventive step - 4 (no)
Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical features
auxiliary request 3a - exceptional circumstances (yes)
auxiliary request 3a - admitted (no) - raises new issues - detrimental to procedural economy
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.