T 1304/23 of 23.10.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T130423.20251023
- Date of decision
- 23 October 2025
- Case number
- T 1304/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14795088.5
- 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
- Nanostructure array diffractive optics for motion and animation display
- Applicant name
- Authentix, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54Rules 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)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (yes)
Novelty - auxiliary request (no)
Amendments - allowable (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Late-filed request - admitted in opposition proceedings (no)
Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)
Late-filed request - no longer maintained in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed request - admitted (no)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - admitted (no) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.