European Patent Office

T 0245/19 of 27.09.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T024519.20230927
Date of decision
27 September 2023
Case number
T 0245/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
11793840.7
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
Abstract on EPC2000 Art 116(1)
Application title
System and method for adjusting and monitoring the pressures of printing rollers in a flexographic printing machine with central drum
Applicant name
Uteco Converting S.p.A.
Grafikontrol S.p.A.
Opponent name
Windmöller & Hölscher KG
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention Art 116(1)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(8)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Decision issued in written proceedings (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Admittance of novelty and inventive step attacks filed first on appeal (no)
Catchword
Oral proceedings may be dispensed with if a party has given notice of non-appearance, even if the request for oral proceedings is expressly maintained (see point 1 of the reasons).

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is maintained as granted.