European Patent Office

T 2352/19 of 11.07.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T235219.20230711
Date of decision
11 July 2023
Case number
T 2352/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
05006795.8
IPC class
B62M 25/08
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
Abstract on Art 13(2) RPBA 2020
Application title
Apparatus for adjusting a position of a bicycle control device
Applicant name
SHIMANO INC.
Opponent name
SRAM, LLC
Board
3.2.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 113European Patent Convention Art 54(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no)
Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - admitted (no)
Exceptional circumstances without causality between a newly raised aspect and the Board's final conclusion (no)
Catchword
If, as in the present case, no causality exists between a newly raised aspect and the final conclusion of the Board, the newly raised aspect does not qualify as an exceptional circumstance according to Article 13(2) RPBA 2020 that could justify taking a new request into account.
(Reasons 2.5.2)
Cited cases
G 0009/91
Citing cases
T 1508/21T 0481/23

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.