T 0134/24 du 19.01.2026
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T013424.20260119
- Date de la décision
- 19 janvier 2026
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0134/24
- En ligne le
- 17 juin 2026
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 20158202.0
- Classe de la CIB
- F16L 19/00F16L 19/028F16L 19/02
- 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
- Tube fitting, tube equipped with tube fitting, and method for manufacturing tube fitting
- Nom du demandeur
- Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Nom de l'opposant
- TI Automotive (Heidelberg) GmbH
- Chambre
- 3.2.05
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
- Mots-clés
- Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes)
Amendment to case - reference to overlapping ranges
Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1-3 (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no)
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - auxiliary request 4a (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - auxiliary request 4a (no)
Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 4a
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) - Exergue
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- Affaires citées
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- 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 with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 9 of auxiliary request 4a filed at the oral proceedings before the Board and a description and drawings to be adapted, if needed.