T 0134/24 of 19.01.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T013424.20260119
- Date of decision
- 19 January 2026
- Case number
- T 0134/24
- Online on
- 17 June 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 20158202.0
- IPC class
- F16L 19/00F16L 19/028F16L 19/02
- 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
- Tube fitting, tube equipped with tube fitting, and method for manufacturing tube fitting
- Applicant name
- Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- TI Automotive (Heidelberg) GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes)
Amendment to case - reference to overlapping ranges
Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1-3 (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no)
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - auxiliary request 4a (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - auxiliary request 4a (no)
Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 4a
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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 with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 9 of auxiliary request 4a filed at the oral proceedings before the Board and a description and drawings to be adapted, if needed.