T 0992/23 of 19.12.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T099223.20241219
- Date of decision
- 19 December 2024
- Case number
- T 0992/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14700620.9
- IPC class
- B60G 17/0165
- 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
- RIDE HEIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD
- Applicant name
- Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Opponent name
- AUDI AG
Manske, Jörg - Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Amendments - auxiliary request 1
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary request 2
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (no)
Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 2
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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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 in amended form on the basis of the following documents:
- claims 1 to 9 of the auxiliary request 2 filed as auxiliary request 3B with the reply, and
- the description and figures underlying the interlocutory decision of the Opposition Division.