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)
- Download
- Decision in English
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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.