European Patent Office

T 0088/22 of 19.06.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T008822.20240619
Date of decision
19 June 2024
Case number
T 0088/22
Online on
24 June 2024
Petition for review of
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Application number
13860227.1
IPC class
B60S 9/08
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
DUAL-SPEED AUTO-SHIFT LANDING GEAR
Applicant name
Jost International Corp.
Opponent name
SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - clarity of disclosure
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Amendment to case - need for procedural economy
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 in the following version:

Description:

Pages 1 - 29 as filed with the statement of grounds of appeal on 24 March 2022 having the title "Main Request, Auxiliary Request 1, Auxiliary Request 2, Auxiliary Request 3 filed 24.03.2022"

Claims:

No. 1- 18 of auxiliary request 1 as filed with the statement of grounds of appeal

Drawings:

Figures 1 - 26 of the patent specification