European Patent Office

T 0633/16 of 10.07.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063316.20200710
Date of decision
10 July 2020
Case number
T 0633/16
Petition for review of
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Application number
04747491.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
FORGERY PREVENTING LABEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
Applicant name
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
Opponent name
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 52(1) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(3)(a) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(1) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(3) (2020)
Keywords
documents E6 to E10 filed with statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes)
Wikipedia extracts cited by appellant - admitted (no)
appellant's new line of attack - alleged lack novelty based on E3 - admitted (yes)
appellant's new line of arguments - admitted (yes)
main request - claim 1 - novelty (yes)
main request - claim 1 - inventive step (no)
auxiliary requests 1 and 1a - claim 1 - added subject-matter (yes)
auxiliary request 1b filed after oral proceedings have been arranged - admitted (yes)
auxiliary request 1b - claims 1 and 6 - inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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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 as amended in the following version:

Description: columns 1 to 27 as filed in the oral proceedings before the Board,

Claims: No. 1 to 7 of the auxiliary request 1b filed with letter dated 15 May 2020,

Drawings: Figures 1 to 6 of the patent specification.