T 0824/23 of 14.07.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T082423.20250714
- Date of decision
- 14 July 2025
- Case number
- T 0824/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 16160466.5
- IPC class
- E03D 11/08E03D 11/13E03D 11/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- 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
- FLUSH TOILET
- Applicant name
- Toto Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Geberit International AG
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 52(2)(b)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 116(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Main request - added subject-matter (no) - sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - novelty (yes) - inventive step (no) - effect not credible over the whole scope of the claim - obvious alternative
Auxiliary request 4 - admissibly raised and maintained (yes) - inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- G 0001/03G 0002/10G 0003/14T 0409/91T 0939/92T 2284/15T 2729/18T 1857/20T 1762/21T 0591/23
- 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 in amended form
on the basis of the claims 1 to 5 of auxiliary request 4 filed with the letter dated 29 November 2023
and a description to be adapted where appropriate.