T 0551/23 of 27.06.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T055123.20240627
- Date of decision
- 27 June 2024
- Case number
- T 0551/23
- Online on
- 26 July 2024
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 16854067.2
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- REMOVABLE APPARATUS FOR A CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD OF USING SAME
- Applicant name
- Dover Motion, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Sartorius Stedim North America Inc.
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)
- Keywords
- Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no)
Discretion not to admit submission - submission admitted (no) - 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:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Description, Pages:
2, 3 and 5 of the patent specification; and
4 received during oral proceedings
of 27 June 2024.
Claims, No.:
1 to 17 according to the main request,
previously filed as auxiliary
request 3 with the reply to the
statement setting out the grounds
of appeal on 25 September 2023.
Drawings, Figures:
1 to 8 of the patent specification.