T 2586/22 of 13.05.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T258622.20250513
- Date of decision
- 13 May 2025
- Case number
- T 2586/22
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11858254.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE
- Applicant name
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Opponent name
- BOVARD LTD.
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Novelty - claim 1 as granted, auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 4 (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 1273/04
- 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 with the following claims and drawing sheets and a description to be adapted thereto:
Claims: n° 1 to 4 of auxiliary request 4 filed with the letter dated 5 June 2023;
Drawings: sheets 1/12 to 12/12 filed with the entry into the regional phase before the EPO.