T 0420/24 of 29.01.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T042024.20260129
- Date of decision
- 29 January 2026
- Case number
- T 0420/24
- Online on
- 5 March 2026
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 16849840.0
- 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
- -
- Application title
- SLICING MACHINES, KNIFE ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR SLICING PRODUCTS
- Applicant name
- URSCHEL LABORATORIES, INC.
- Opponent name
- FAM N.V.
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request (no)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request (no)
Late-filed requests
Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0001/24
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.