European Patent Office

T 2252/21 du 19.06.2024

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T225221.20240619
Date de la décision
19 juin 2024
Numéro de l'affaire
T 2252/21
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
11165243.4
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
Plastic prefom or container with a recessed orientation slot, process of manufacturing a rigid container, process for angularly orienting a preform and process of detecting the orientation of a preform
Nom du demandeur
Plastipak BAWT S.à.r.l.
Nom de l'opposant
Krones AG
Chambre
3.2.05
Sommaire
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Mots-clés
Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes)
Novelty (main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2: no; auxiliary request 2A: yes)
Late-filed request - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - extension of protection of the patent (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)
Exergue
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Affaires citantes
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The opponent's request for referral of three questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is refused.

2. The decision under appeal is set aside.

3. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to grant a patent in amended form on the basis of:

- Claims: 1 to 11 filed as auxiliary request 2A filed as 'Auxiliary claim request 2A Appeal' with letter dated 11 June 2024,

- Description:

- pages 2 and 4 of the patent specification

- page 3 of the patent specification as filed during oral proceedings of 19 June 2024,

- Drawings: Figures 1-13 of the patent specification.