European Patent Office

T 1788/21 of 22.03.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T178821.20230322
Date of decision
22 March 2023
Case number
T 1788/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
17162182.4
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
ORIENTATION UNIT AND METHOD FOR CAUSING A CHANGE IN ORIENTATION OF A PARALLELEPIPED-SHAPED ARTICLE IN A PACKING MACHINE
Applicant name
G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
Opponent name
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules 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(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)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
Auxiliary request 2 - prohibition of reformatio in peius (no) - admitted (yes) - inventive step (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:

nos. 1 to 6 filed as auxiliary request 2 with

the reply to the appeal of

19 April 2022

Description:

page 2 received during oral proceedings

of 22 March 2023

pages 3 to 8 of the patent specification

Drawings:

figures 1 to 31 of the patent specification.