European Patent Office

T 1241/18 of 11.11.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T124118.20211111
Date of decision
11 November 2021
Case number
T 1241/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
10751689.0
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
Breaker failure protection of HVDC circuit breakers
Applicant name
ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG
Opponent name
General Electric Technology GmbH
Board
3.5.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 99(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Admissibility of appeal - Appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes)
Inventive step - Main request (no)
Auxiliary requests filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - Sufficiently substantiated (no)
Appeal decision - Remittal to the department of first instance (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 2759/17T 1913/21

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.