T 1018/21 of 13.11.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T101821.20231113
- Date of decision
- 13 November 2023
- Case number
- T 1018/21
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 15786635.1
- IPC class
- B60R 19/02E04C 3/04B60R 19/18
- 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
- MULTI-STRIP BEAM-FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND BEAM
- Applicant name
- Shape Corp.
- Opponent name
- Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH
BMW AG - Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 87European Patent Convention Art 89Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Main request - admitted (yes)
Priority - granted claim 16
Priority - (no)
Novelty - main request
Novelty - (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request I
Novelty - (yes)
Late-filed request - auxiliary request I
Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (yes)
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request I
Inventive step - (yes)
Description - adapted to the claims (yes)
Alleged substantial procedural violation - irrelevant for decision - Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
- T 0697/22
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 on the basis of:
- claims 1 to 15 of the auxiliary request I filed with the patent proprietor's statement of grounds of appeal dated 13 September 2021,
- the description of the patent as granted without paragraphs [0007], [0008] and [0009], and
- the figures of the patent as granted.