T 1869/18 of 31.03.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T186918.20220331
- Date of decision
- 31 March 2022
- Case number
- T 1869/18
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 05803665.8
- IPC class
- H01L 29/45H01L 21/04H01L 29/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- METHOD OF PRODUCING SILICON-RICH NICKEL-SILICIDE OHMIC CONTACTS FOR SIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- Applicant name
- Wolfspeed, Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(1)
- Keywords
- Main request - amendment after summons - admitted into the proceedings (no)
Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary requests (no) - Catchword
- While objections raised by the Board for the first time in a communication under Article 15(1) RPBA 2020 may be considered to give rise to exceptional circumstances within the meaning of Article 13(2) RPBA 2020, and may possibly justify the filing of amendments which specifically respond to the new objections, this does not open the door to additional amendments which are unrelated to the new objections, and for which no exceptional circumstances exist (Reasons, point 3.10).
- Cited cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.