European Patent Office

T 0111/24 of 10.01.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T011124.20250110
Date of decision
10 January 2025
Case number
T 0111/24
Petition for review of
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Application number
14815452.9
IPC class
F16M 7/00
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
Cabinet Levelling Apparatus
Applicant name
Häfele SE & Co KG
Opponent name
Kunststoff Kommanditgesellschaft Nehl & Co
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
Board
3.2.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Compliance with Rule 80 EPC (yes: main request, auxiliary request 1)
Novelty (no: main request, auxiliary request 1; yes: auxiliary request 4)
Admittance of auxiliary requests (yes: 1; no: 2 and 3)
Admittance of document D20 (no)
Insufficiency of disclosure (no: auxiliary request 4)
Lack of clarity (no: auxiliary request 4)
Added subject-matter (no: auxiliary request 4)
Extension of protection (no: auxiliary request 4)
Inventive step (no: auxiliary request 4)
Remittal to the opposition division (yes)
Catchword
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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 for further prosecution.