T 1469/24 (Flow Control System) of 06.11.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T146924.20251106
- Date of decision
- 6 November 2025
- Case number
- T 1469/24
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 20197305.4
- 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
- Abstract on Article 099 EPC
- Application title
- FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM
- Applicant name
- Belparts Group N.V.
- Opponent name
- Bauer, Clemens
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 99(1)European Patent Convention R 76(2)
- Keywords
- Opposition by straw man
Admissibility of opposition - (yes) - Catchword
- While G 3/97 and G 4/97 may not explicitly state that any opposition by a straw man is admissible, in the board's reading, they essentially conclude that opposition filed by a straw man on behalf of an anonymous party is not objectionable merely because the opponent is acting as a straw man.
(Reasons 4.5) - Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.