European Patent Office

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
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Application number
13184136.3
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
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
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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.