European Patent Office

T 0014/02 du 05.11.2003

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T001402.20031105
Date de la décision
5 novembre 2003
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0014/02
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
96200762.1
Classe de la CIB
B28B 3/02
Langue de la procédure
Anglais
Distribution
Distribuées aux présidents et aux membres des chambres de recours (B)
Téléchargement
Décision en anglais
Versions JO
Aucun lien JO trouvé
Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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Résumés pour cette décision
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Titre de la demande
Isostatic die means
Nom du demandeur
Algeri, Maris
Nom de l'opposant
Officine Meccaniche f.lli Rossi fu Cesare S.p.A.
Chambre
3.2.07
Sommaire
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Mots-clés
Fresh grounds filed for the first time in appeal proceedings - not admitted
Request at oral proceedings to file further auxiliary requests - not allowed
Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)
Exergue
During oral proceedings before the board a party, here the respondent, asked permission to file further requests aimed at defining more narrowly the claimed subject-matter. This request was refused for two reasons: firstly, the need for further requests had been foreseeable before the oral proceedings, since the Board, in a communication, had given a negative reasoned provisional opinion why the main request did not appear to involve an inventive step and secondly, the proposed subject-matter of the requests could lead to further searches being necessary by the other party with the possibility of remittal so that the requests were not prima facie allowable.
Affaires citantes
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. European patent No. 0 720 896 is revoked.