European Patent Office

T 2951/18 of 13.12.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T295118.20211213
Date of decision
13 December 2021
Case number
T 2951/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
06824489.6
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION AND DISPENSING OF BEVERAGES
Applicant name
Petainer Lidköping AB
Opponent name
Perani & Partners S.p.A.
Dispack-Projects N.V.
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 105(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention R 77(1)European Patent Convention R 99(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 023Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissibility of intervention during appeal proceedings
Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Remittal - (yes)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The requests for referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal

are refused.

2. The intervention is admissible.

3. The decision under appeal is set aside.

4. The case is remitted to the opposition division for further

prosecution.