T 0776/24 du 12.03.2026
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T077624.20260312
- Date de la décision
- 12 mars 2026
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0776/24
- En ligne le
- 23 avril 2026
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 16906418.5
- Classe de la CIB
- E01F 15/14
- 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
- DAMPING DEVICE
- Nom du demandeur
- OAO "Zavod Prodmash"
- Nom de l'opposant
- Industry AMS S.r.l.
- Chambre
- 3.2.03
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 69European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)
- Mots-clés
- Inventive step - ex post facto analysis
Inventive step - could-would approach
Inventive step - non-obvious modification
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - amendment of figures resulting in extension of subject-matter (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no) - Exergue
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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 a patent as amended in the following version:
Claims:
No. 1 to 3 according to auxiliary request 00 filed with the letter of 15 December 2025
Description:
of the patent specification
Drawings:
Figures of auxiliary request 0 filed with the reply to the grounds of appeal on 6 December 2024