T 1544/22 of 05.02.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T154422.20250205
- Date of decision
- 5 February 2025
- Case number
- T 1544/22
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 17152171.9
- IPC class
- H01L 31/0224H01L 31/0747
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- Abstract on Article 13(2) RPBA
- Application title
- SOLAR CELL
- Applicant name
- Shangrao Xinyuan YueDong
Technology Development Co. Ltd - Opponent name
- Meyer Burger (Germany) GmbH
Strawman Limited - Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Amendment to appeal case (no)
Late-filed argument (admitted
Late-filed argument - yes)
Amendments (intermediate generalisation
Amendments - no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative (yes) - Catchword
- Submissions, which are merely a refinement of arguments previously submitted and which further illustrate a party's position, must be allowed even if they are late filed. Otherwise, the parties could only repeat their arguments put forward in the statement of grounds of appeal and the reply thereto (see Reasons for the Decision, point 2.5.2).
- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.