European Patent Office

T 2129/22 of 21.11.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T212922.20231121
Date of decision
21 November 2023
Case number
T 2129/22
Online on
15 January 2024
Petition for review of
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Application number
17179610.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
METHOD OF PROVIDING MACHINE READABLE INFORMATION ON CAN ENDS
Applicant name
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
Opponent name
CANPACK S.A.
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
Keywords
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 4 and 7 (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - auxiliary request 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.