European Patent Office

T 0996/20 of 02.11.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T099620.20221102
Date of decision
2 November 2022
Case number
T 0996/20
Petition for review of
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Application number
14721006.6
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
A LIFT TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH STABILIZER MEANS
Applicant name
Magni Real Estate S.r.l.
Opponent name
Manitou Italia S.r.l.
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure - clarity of disclosure
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Claims - support in the description (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Novelty and inventive step
Novelty - (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)
Amendment to case - admissibly raised and maintained (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 1149/97
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 with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:

- Description:

Pages 2,3 of the patent specification

- Claims:

No. 1 to 3 according to the first auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings

- Drawings: of the patent specification.