T 0556/13 du 14.10.2016

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence: ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055613.20161014
Date de la décision: 14 octobre 2016
Numéro de l'affaire: T 0556/13
Requête en révision de: -
Numéro de la demande: 98906460.5
Classe de la CIB: G01F 1/84
Langue de la procédure: Anglais
Distribution: Distribuées aux présidents des chambres de recours (C)
Téléchargement: Décision en anglais
Versions JO: Aucun lien JO trouvé
Autres décisions pour cet affaire: -
Résumés pour cette décision: -
Titre de la demande: CORIOLIS FLOWMETER HAVING AXIALLY COMPLIANT CASE ENDS
Nom du demandeur: MICRO MOTION INCORPORATED
Nom de l'opposant: ENDRESS + Hauser
(Deutschland) AG+Co.KG
Chambre: 3.4.02
Sommaire: -
Dispositions juridiques pertinentes: European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973 European Patent Convention Art 83 1973 European Patent Convention R 116 European Patent Convention R 139Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Mots-clés: Main request - novelty (no)
Auxiliary request 1 - request identical to request not admitted in first-instance proceedings - exceptionally admitted
Auxiliary request 1 - amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request 2 - amendments - extension of protection (no)
Auxiliary request 2 - correction of error - immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended (yes)
Auxiliary request 2 - amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - novelty (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - inventive step (yes)
Exergue: Discretion of a board of appeal to admit a request which was not admitted in the first-instance proceedings (see point 2.1)
Affaires citées: G 0003/89 G 0011/91 G 0007/93 G 0001/10 R 0011/11 T 0931/06 T 0151/08 T 0023/10 T 0028/10 T 0657/11 T 0971/11
Affaires citantes: T 1816/11 T 0351/12 T 1176/13 T 2018/13 T 1397/14 T 2136/16

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the following documents:

Claims: Nos. 1 to 16 of auxiliary request 3 filed with letter dated 13 September 2016;

Description: Pages 2 to 8 of auxiliary request 2 filed at the oral proceedings of 19 October 2012; and

Drawings: Figures 1 to 11 of the patent specification.