T 1819/23 (Feeder unit with low dead weight/GEA Process Engineering) of 01.10.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T181923.20251001
- Date of decision
- 1 October 2025
- Case number
- T 1819/23
- Online on
- 24 October 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 12729233.2
- IPC class
- G01G 17/00G01G 13/00G01G 11/08
- 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
- Feeder Unit, a Feeder Module Comprising a Plurality of Feeder Units, and Method for Discharging a Constant Mass Flow of One or More Powders Into a Receiving Container
- Applicant name
- GEA Process Engineering nv
- Opponent name
- K-Tron Technologies Inc.
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)
- Keywords
- Admittance - (no) - main request - insufficient substantiation
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - first auxiliary request
Admittance - (no) - second auxiliary request - insufficient substantiation - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- G 0001/24
- Citing cases
- T 1596/23
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.