T 0975/22 of 25.01.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T097522.20240125
- Date of decision
- 25 January 2024
- Case number
- T 0975/22
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10005585.4
- IPC class
- B29C 65/16
- 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
- Method for manufacturing resin mold assembly
- Applicant name
- Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Leister Technologies AG
LPKF Laser & Electronics AG - Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)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
- Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - new first auxiliary request (yes)
Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Late-filed objections
Late-filed objection - admitted (no) - 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 on the basis of the following documents:
- claims 1 to 13, filed as new first auxiliary request by letter dated 16 January 2024;
- description and drawings of the patent specification.