T 0499/20 du 16.06.2023
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T049920.20230616
- Date de la décision
- 16 juin 2023
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0499/20
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 10852865.4
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Non distribuées (D)
- 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
- RUBBER COMPOSITION AND MOLDED RUBBER PRODUCTS
- Nom du demandeur
- NTN Corporation
NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD. - Nom de l'opposant
- Aechter, Bernd
- Chambre
- 3.3.03
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Mots-clés
- Late-filed facts - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)
Late-filed facts - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances
Amendment after summons - first auxiliary request (no)
Amendment after summons - second auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - second auxiliary request
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) - Exergue
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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 on the basis of the claims 1 to 6 according to the second auxiliary request, filed with letter of 10 May 2023 after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.