T 0501/94 (Electrical double leaf spring contact) of 10.07.1996
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T050194.19960710
- Date of decision
- 10 July 1996
- Case number
- T 0501/94
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 86100730.0
- IPC class
- H01R 13/18
- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
- Decision in German
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Elektrischer Doppelflachfederkontakt
- Applicant name
- Delphi Automotive Systems
- Opponent name
- AMP Incorporated
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
1. Written state of the art which is only mentioned and offered for inspection by an opponent after the parties have presented their main submissions during oral proceedings may be regarded by the board as late-submitted under Article 114(2) EPC and does not need to be added to the file.
2. A document indicated in a contested patent as the closest or important prior art for the purposes of elucidating the technical problem set out in the description forms part of the opposition or opposition appeal proceedings even if not expressly cited within the opposition period (see decision T 536/88, OJ EPO 1992, 638). However, a document indicated in a citation as the closest or important prior art for the purposes of elucidating the technical problem set out in the citation does not automatically form part of the opposition or opposition appeal proceedings if it has not been expressly cited within the opposition period.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes)
Document only submitted towards the end of oral proceedings not added to file - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is maintained unamended.