T 0598/20 (Estimating amount of adsorber/HITACHI) du 21.12.2023
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T059820.20231221
- Date de la décision
- 21 décembre 2023
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0598/20
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 14798807.5
- Classe de la CIB
- H01H 33/56H01B 3/56H02B 13/055
- 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
- Water and Contamination Adsorber for CO2 Insulated Electrical Apparatus for the Generation, Transmission, Distribution and/or Usage of Electrical Energy
- Nom du demandeur
- Hitachi Energy Ltd
- Nom de l'opposant
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Chambre
- 3.4.02
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 52(2)(c)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(1)(a)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules 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
- Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - main request, and auxiliary requests 1, 3 to 12, 14
Exclusion from patentability - method for performing mental acts (yes) - auxiliary request 13
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after summons - auxiliary requests 6.2, 8.2 and 12.2
Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 2 and 15
Late-filed request - admitted (no) - Exergue
- The deletion of claims is not excluded from the scope of the term "amendment" in Article 13 RPBA 2020.
The impact of a particular change to the appeal case on procedural economy is not a criterion for deciding whether that change is an "amendment" within the meaning of Article 13 RPBA 2020. Rather, the impact on procedural economy is a criterion when a board, at the next step of the assessment, exercises its discretion to decide whether a change that has already been qualified as an "amendment" is to be taken into account.
See reasons 7. - Affaires citantes
- T 1800/21
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.