T 1586/21 of 01.06.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T158621.20230601
- Date of decision
- 1 June 2023
- Case number
- T 1586/21
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 13752092.0
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY
- Applicant name
- Magna Mirrors Of America, Inc.
- Opponent name
- SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 87Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
- Keywords
- Priority - same invention (no)
Inventive step - main request
Inventive step - (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) - 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 n° 1-11 according to auxiliary request 1 filed with the reply of the respondent on 4 April 2022, and
- a description to be adapted thereto.