T 1244/24 (Releasing overlaps in a railway system /SIEMENS MOBILITY) of 28.11.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T124424.20251128
- Date of decision
- 28 November 2025
- Case number
- T 1244/24
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14718033.5
- IPC class
- B61L 27/00B61L 21/06
- 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
- Method for releasing overlaps in a railway signalling system
- Applicant name
- Siemens Mobility Limited
- Opponent name
- ALSTOM Holdings
- Board
- 3.5.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no): arbitrary/non-functional modification of the prior art
Admittance of claim requests filed after Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0287/23
- 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 as amended in the following version:
Claims:No. 1 to 7 of new auxiliary request 2 filed with the letter of 4 November 2025 Description and drawings:of the patent specification