European Patent Office

T 0213/24 (Glass/AGC) of 08.12.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T021324.20251208
Date of decision
8 December 2025
Case number
T 0213/24
Petition for review of
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Application number
17739997.9
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
GLASS FOR AUTONOMOUS CAR
Applicant name
AGC Glass Europe
Opponent name
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC
Pilkington Group Limited
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and first auxiliary request
Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 1.1
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 0.1
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 1.1
Inventive step - combination invention
Inventive step - (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 1800/21
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 auxiliary request 1.1 as submitted on 28 November 2025 and the description to be adapted.