European Patent Office

T 2610/22 of 04.09.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T261022.20250904
Date of decision
4 September 2025
Case number
T 2610/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
16182474.3
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
FOUR JUNCTION SOLAR CELL FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS
Applicant name
SolAero Technologies Corp.
Opponent name
AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Amendment to case - objection admissibly raised and maintained during first instance proceedings (no)
Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed evidence - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - ex post facto analysis
Inventive step - non-obvious modification
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 2730/16
Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.