T 0371/18 of 08.10.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T037118.20211008
- Date of decision
- 8 October 2021
- Case number
- T 0371/18
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 12188975.2
- IPC class
- E21B 44/00G05D 19/02
- 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
- Method and apparatus for reducing stick-slip
- Applicant name
- National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
- Opponent name
- ENGIE Electroproject B.V.
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)
Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal
Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)
Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Novelty - enabling disclosure
Inventive step - non-obvious modification - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeals are dismissed.