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
- IPC class
- G09B 5/00G09B 19/24
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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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.