T 0385/23 of 18.09.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T038523.20250918
- Date of decision
- 18 September 2025
- Case number
- T 0385/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 17774394.5
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- CULTURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CULTURE APPARATUS
- Applicant name
- PHC Holdings Corporation
- Opponent name
- TIGGES Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 14(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules 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)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 15a(1)
- Keywords
- Oral proceedings held in mixed-mode format
Amendments - correction of the translation of the authentic text
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Inventive step
Amendment to case - admissibly raised and maintained (no)
Amendment to case - exercise of discretion
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (no) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeals are dismissed.