European Patent Office

T 1408/19 du 04.07.2023

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T140819.20230704
Date de la décision
4 juilliet 2023
Numéro de l'affaire
T 1408/19
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
11162291.6
Classe de la CIB
H01J 37/28H01J 37/244
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
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Résumés pour cette décision
Résumé de EPC2000 R 076
Titre de la demande
Arrangement and method for the contrast improvement in a charged particle beam device for inspecting a specimen
Nom du demandeur
ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH
Nom de l'opposant
Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
Chambre
3.4.03
Sommaire
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Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 76(2)(c)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Mots-clés
Admissibility of appeal - (yes)
Admissibility of appeal - admission of the line of attack forming the basis of the appeal is not a legal requirement for the admissibility of appeal
Late-filed facts - no reason not to admit new line of attack
Admissibility of opposition - (yes)
Admissibility of opposition - corrigible erroneous reference
Inventive step - (yes)
Exergue
On the admissibility of an opposition in case the publication data of a piece of evidence is erroneous in the notice of opposition (Reasons, point 2)
Rule 76(2)(c) EPC merely requires an indication of the facts and evidence presented in support of the argued grounds for opposition, but not necessarily every piece of evidence need already be presented along with the notice of opposition. For an admissible opposition it is normally sufficient that the indications given in the notice of opposition permit the substantive content of the offered evidence to be established only at a later stage, provided that this substantive content can be established without undue effort and still within a reasonable time. (Reasons, point 2.5.1)
Affaires citantes
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.