T 0414/94 (Right to comment/MINOLTA) of 14.05.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T041494.19980514
- Date of decision
- 14 May 1998
- Case number
- T 0414/94
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 88100066.5
- IPC class
- G03G 15/01G03G 15/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Image duplicating apparatus
- Applicant name
- Minolta Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Avabridge Limited
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Claims - clarity (no)
Amendments - inadmissible selection (yes)
Basis of decisions - right to comment for absent party - Catchword
- There is no general prohibition of amending requests during a party's absence from oral proceedings as requested by the respondent. An absent party must expect reactions of the opposing party within the legal and factual framework of the case established prior to oral proceedings, and the possibility of decisions taking account of, and being based on, such reactions (see reasons 2).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.