T 1020/24 of 26.02.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T102024.20260226
- Date of decision
- 26 February 2026
- Case number
- T 1020/24
- Online on
- 30 March 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09794740.2
- 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
- PLENUM BOX
- Applicant name
- Lindab AB
- Opponent name
- TROX SE
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (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 with the order to maintain a patent as amended in the following version:
Claims:
No. 1 to 17 of auxiliary request 1B, filed with the letter of 18 December 2025
Description:
Pages 2 to 6, filed as "Adapted description for Aux Req 1A" with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal
Drawings:
of the patent specification