European Patent Office

T 1004/21 of 26.01.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T100421.20230126
Date of decision
26 January 2023
Case number
T 1004/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
14755893.6
IPC class
B65G 1/04
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING UNITS FROM A STORAGE SYSTEM
Applicant name
Ocado Innovation Limited
Opponent name
Gebhardt Fördertechnik GmbH
NOVAGRAAF INTERNATIONAL SA
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(1)
Keywords
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Auxiliary request 1 - Novelty - (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - Inventive step - (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.