European Patent Office

T 0516/22 of 13.12.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T051622.20241213
Date of decision
13 December 2024
Case number
T 0516/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
16741114.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Security documents and security devices and method of their manufaturing
Applicant name
De La Rue International Limited
Opponent name
Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no)
Discretion not to admit objections - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no) - objections admitted (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.