European Patent Office

T 2068/21 of 17.10.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T206821.20231017
Date of decision
17 October 2023
Case number
T 2068/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
16782951.4
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
CONVEYOR BELT SPECIFICATION DETERMINING METHOD
Applicant name
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
Opponent name
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Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(8)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(1)
Keywords
Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
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 examining division

with the order to grant a patent in the following

version:

Claims: 1 to 7 filed 6 September 2023

Description: pages 1, 5-19, 21-25 filed with

entry into the regional phase before

the EPO,

pages 2 to 4 filed 6 September 2021,

page 20 filed 8 June 2018

Drawing sheets: 1/8 to 8/8 filed with entry into the

regional phase before the EPO.