European Patent Office

T 2904/19 of 09.11.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T290419.20211109
Date of decision
9 November 2021
Case number
T 2904/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
03731295.6
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
Optical grading system and method for slicer apparatus
Applicant name
Formax, Inc.
Opponent name
Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach
TEXTOR Maschinenbau GmbH
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 105European Patent Convention Art 107European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 89Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)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 025(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)
Amendments - main request
Amendments - deletion of features (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - broadening of claim (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Intervention of assumed infringer - notice of intervention filed after notification of the decision announced at the oral proceedings before the opposition division
Intervention of assumed infringer - admissible (yes)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes)
Amendment to appeal case - re-ordering of auxiliary requests 6 and 7
Amendment to appeal case - admitted (yes)
Auxiliary request 7 - amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 7 (yes)
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 case is remitted to the opposition division for further prosecution.