European Patent Office

T 1908/22 of 29.11.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T190822.20241129
Date of decision
29 November 2024
Case number
T 1908/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
13710053.3
IPC class
B21B 43/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Method FOR THE PRODUCTION AND THE PACKAGING OF STEEL RODS AND PROFILES
Applicant name
SMS Meer S.p.A.
Opponent name
DANIELI & C.
OFFICINE MECCANICHE SpA
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 114(2)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(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)
Amendments - change of claim category
Amendments - intermediate generalisation
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020 (yes)
Amendment to case - admitted (no)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - taken into account (no)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.