European Patent Office

T 2396/19 of 30.03.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T239619.20220330
Date of decision
30 March 2022
Case number
T 2396/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
13167354.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Rotary actuated high lift gapped aileron
Applicant name
The Boeing Company
Opponent name
AIRBUS Operations GmbH/AIRBUS Operations S.A.S./
AIRBUS S.A.S./AIRBUS Operations Ltd./
AIRBUS Operations S.L.
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 115(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Novelty - first auxiliary request (yes)
Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)
Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no)
Main and auxiliary requests 2 to 8 - rejected as inadmissible- change of status of the patentee following withdrawal of their appeal
Oral proceedings - held in absence of party
Right to be heard - respected (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The decision under appeal is set aside.

The patent is revoked.