T 1178/23 du 16.12.2024
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T117823.20241216
- Date de la décision
- 16 décembre 2024
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 1178/23
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 14736921.9
- Classe de la CIB
- B22F 10/322B22F 12/70B22F 3/105B22F 12/67B08B 15/04B29C 64/371B33Y 40/00B22F 10/28B29C 64/20B29C 64/153B22F 12/90
- 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 Article 12(4) RPBA
- Titre de la demande
- Additive manufacturing apparatus and method
- Nom du demandeur
- Renishaw Plc.
- Nom de l'opposant
- Nikon SLM Solutions AG
- Chambre
- 3.2.05
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 111(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(1)(a)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(6)
- Mots-clés
- Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (no)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (auxiliary requests 1 to 3: no; auxiliary request 4: admissibly raised)
Remittal (yes) - Exergue
- To determine whether a submission was admissibly raised pursuant to the conditional clause of Article 12(4), first sentence RPBA, the Board of Appeal assesses whether the department of first instance would have admitted the submission in reliance on the provisions and practice that applied in first-instance proceedings at the time, had a discretionary decision on admittance been required (see points 46 to 48).
- Affaires citées
- G 0007/93T 0640/91T 0820/14T 1227/14T 0467/15T 0525/15T 1219/19T 0364/20T 1800/20T 0309/21T 0246/22T 0446/22T 0731/22T 1749/22T 2036/22T 2395/22T 0823/23
- Affaires citantes
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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 for further prosecution.