T 1174/20 of 13.07.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T117420.20230713
- Date of decision
- 13 July 2023
- Case number
- T 1174/20
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 13425096.8
- IPC class
- B21B 15/00B21B 1/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- System and method for cutting to length long rolled products coming from different strands of a rolling mill
- Applicant name
- POMINI Long Rolling Mills S.r.l.
- Opponent name
- Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Novelty - after amendment
Novelty - common general knowledge
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious solution
Amendment after summons - further evidence
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Amendment after summons - request with deleted claims
Amendment after summons - taken into account (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 with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
- claims 1-10 of auxiliary request 1A, which was
submitted with the letter dated 6 October 2022;
- description columns 1 to 6, which was submitted
during the oral proceedings before the Board; and
- drawings, Figures 1 to 3 of the patent
specification.