T 1018/21 du 13.11.2023
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T101821.20231113
- Date de la décision
- 13 novembre 2023
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 1018/21
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 15786635.1
- Classe de la CIB
- B60R 19/02E04C 3/04B60R 19/18
- 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
- MULTI-STRIP BEAM-FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND BEAM
- Nom du demandeur
- Shape Corp.
- Nom de l'opposant
- Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH
BMW AG - Chambre
- 3.2.01
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 87European Patent Convention Art 89Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Mots-clés
- Main request - admitted (yes)
Priority - granted claim 16
Priority - (no)
Novelty - main request
Novelty - (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request I
Novelty - (yes)
Late-filed request - auxiliary request I
Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (yes)
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request I
Inventive step - (yes)
Description - adapted to the claims (yes)
Alleged substantial procedural violation - irrelevant for decision - Exergue
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- Affaires citantes
- T 0697/22
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:
- claims 1 to 15 of the auxiliary request I filed with the patent proprietor's statement of grounds of appeal dated 13 September 2021,
- the description of the patent as granted without paragraphs [0007], [0008] and [0009], and
- the figures of the patent as granted.