T 0904/21 of 20.01.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T090421.20230120
- Date of decision
- 20 January 2023
- Case number
- T 0904/21
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 13719523.6
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- COMPACT BEVERAGE DISPENSING UNIT
- Applicant name
- Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
- Opponent name
- Heineken Supply Chain B.V.
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 99(2)Rules 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 012(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes)
Inventive step - (no)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)
Auxiliary request 4 - substantiated (no) - admitted (no) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- -
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.