European Patent Office

T 0107/18 of 15.06.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010718.20210615
Date of decision
15 June 2021
Case number
T 0107/18
Online on
26 August 2021
Petition for review of
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Application number
09802199.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
A SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING OR TRANSPORTING VALUABLES
Applicant name
Spinnaker International Limited
Opponent name
Oberthur Cash Protection
Cennox AB
Board
3.2.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3) (2007)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1
Inventive step - 3 (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 4A (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Late-filed request - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (no)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 in amended form with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:

Claims 1-16 of auxiliary request 4A filed with letter dated 9 March 2020.