T 1260/23 (Crane/secure document) of 15.10.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T126023.20251015
- Date of decision
- 15 October 2025
- Case number
- T 1260/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 12154483.7
- IPC class
- D21H 21/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A soil and/or moisture resistant secure document
- Applicant name
- Crane & Co., Inc.
- Opponent name
- Landqart AG
Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
Oberthur Fiduciaire SAS - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European 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 013(2)
- Keywords
- Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Divisional application - added subject-matter (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes)
Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) - 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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in the version of auxiliary request 1 as filed with the grounds of appeal, and a description to be adapted where necessary.