T 1814/18 of 14.12.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T181418.20221214
- Date of decision
- 14 December 2022
- Case number
- T 1814/18
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11157856.3
- 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
- Gripping head for a robot or manipulator of a cartoning machine
- Applicant name
- Cama1 S.p.A.
- Opponent name
- I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE SpA
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 117(1)(e)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention R 117Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (no)
Novelty - public prior use
Novelty - implicit obligation to maintain secrecy (no)
Remittal to the department of first instance
Remittal - (no)
Taking of evidence - decision on taking of evidence
Taking of evidence - expert opinion
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete appeal case
Late-filed argument - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal of the patent proprietor is dismissed.
2. The request for a referral of a question to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is refused.
3. The request to commission an independent expert on Italian law (Article 117(1)(e) EPC) is refused.
4. The decision under appeal is set aside.
5. The patent is revoked.