European Patent Office

T 1428/19 of 08.11.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T142819.20221108
Date of decision
8 November 2022
Case number
T 1428/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
12181945.2
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
Method of operating a gas burner of a cooking appliance
Applicant name
Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
Opponent name
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Admissibility of opposition
Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes)
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 3 (yes)
Late-filed request - request not examined by the opposition division
Amendments - allowable (no)
Amendments - auxiliary requests 1, 1a, 2, 2a
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - auxiliary request 3
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Amendment after summons - auxiliary requests 1a, 2a
Claims - clarity after amendment (yes)
Claims - auxiliary request 3
Inventive step - non-obvious solution
Inventive step - auxiliary request 3
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.