European Patent Office

T 1994/23 of 15.07.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T199423.20250715
Date of decision
15 July 2025
Case number
T 1994/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
17732480.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM
Applicant name
E.ON Sverige AB
Opponent name
Energy Machines ApS
Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 99(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)
Keywords
Oral proceedings - Oral submission by an accompanying person (no)
Statement of grounds of appeal - insufficient substantiation (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0004/95
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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form based on:

- Claims: 1 to 9 of auxiliary request 26, filed with the reply on 15 July 2024

- Description: paragraphs 1 to 61, filed on 15 July 2025 (received by email at 17:13)

- Figures: 1 to 4 of the specification