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
- IPC class
- G05B 19/423B25J 9/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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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.