T 0687/20 of 13.09.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T068720.20220913
- Date of decision
- 13 September 2022
- Case number
- T 0687/20
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09004045.2
- IPC class
- B23C 5/20
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Indexable insert with nick
- Applicant name
- Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
- Opponent name
- Iscar Ltd.
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Amendments Main Request
Amendments - allowable (no)
Amendments - Amendments derivable from the drawings (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Auxiliary Request unadmissible - no longer maintained in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed admissibility objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed evidence - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no)
Late-filed evidence - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)
Inventive step auxiliary request
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeals are dismissed.