T 0496/19 of 22.08.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T049619.20240822
- Date of decision
- 22 August 2024
- Case number
- T 0496/19
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 13184136.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
- 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
- Sheet reinspection apparatus, sheet inspection system, and sheet inspection method
- Applicant name
- Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Opponent name
- Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(8)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 024(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 025Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12
- Keywords
- Inventive step objection
Inventive step - auxiliary request 40
Inventive step - admitted (yes)
Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 40 (no)
Late-filed requests 1a, 2a
Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings before the board
Late-filed request - admitted (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary requests 1a, 2a, 3, 4
Amendments - allowable (no)
Clarity - auxiliary request 5 (yes)
Unsubstantiated novelty and inventive step objections - auxiliary request 5 - admitted (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 5 (no) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.