T 0673/24 of 09.03.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T067324.20260309
- Date of decision
- 9 March 2026
- Case number
- T 0673/24
- Online on
- 12 June 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 17877547.4
- IPC class
- B42D 25/369
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Anti-counterfeiting element and anti-counterfeiting product
- Applicant name
- Zhongchao Special Security Technology Co., Ltd
China Banknote Printing and Minting Corp. - Opponent name
- Hueck Folien Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH - Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 111(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Novelty (no: main request, auxiliary requests 1-3;
yes: auxiliary request 4)
Inventive step (yes: auxiliary request 4)
Added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Remittal for further prosecution (no) - 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 with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 4, filed on 13 February 2023, and a description and drawings to be adapted thereto.