T 0085/93 (Apparatus for determining postage fees) of 17.10.1996
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T008593.19961017
- Date of decision
- 17 October 1996
- Case number
- T 0085/93
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 83110532.5
- IPC class
- G07B 17/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
- Decision in English
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Dispositif et procédé pour déterminer des tarifs postaux spéciaux
- Applicant name
- PITNEY BOWES INC.
- Opponent name
- Francotyp-Postalia Aktiengesellschaft & Co.
- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
Evidence of common general knowledge, like any other evidence in support of an opponent's case, should be filed at an early stage in the proceedings before the Opposition Division (following Decision G 4/95, OJ EPO 1996, 412), and may be rejected as inadmissible in the Board's discretion, if filed for the first time during appeal proceedings.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Late filed evidence - admitted into the appeal proceedings
Inventive step - denied - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision of the Opposition Division is set aside.
2. The European patent is revoked.