European Patent Office

T 1443/23 of 05.06.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T144323.20250605
Date of decision
5 June 2025
Case number
T 1443/23
Online on
27 August 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
15713476.8
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT BY TOUCH
Applicant name
ABB Schweiz AG
Opponent name
Festo SE & Co. KG
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)
Inventive step - obvious modification
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no)
Late-filed request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no)
Late-filed request - admitted (no)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.