T 2180/21 of 11.09.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T218021.20230911
- Date of decision
- 11 September 2023
- Case number
- T 2180/21
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 16185921.0
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- WIPER DEVICE FOR CLEANING VEHICLE WINDOWS
- Applicant name
- Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
- Opponent name
- Robert Bosch GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 99(2)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 013(2)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of appeal (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed evidence - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0007/93
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.