European Patent Office

T 1636/22 of 01.02.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T163622.20240201
Date of decision
1 February 2024
Case number
T 1636/22
Online on
22 February 2024
Petition for review of
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Application number
15736036.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
A DIE-CUT LID AND ASSOCIATED CONTAINER
Applicant name
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
Opponent name
Nestec S.A.
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Inventive step - (yes)
Late-filed objections
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed objection - no longer maintained in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed objection - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no)
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.