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)
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- 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
- 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
- -
- 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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- Cited cases
- G 0003/89G 0004/91G 0011/91G 0002/10T 0182/89T 0019/90T 0063/06T 0791/06T 1297/16T 0716/17T 1937/17
- 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.