| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T067108.20120918 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 18 September 2012 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0671/08 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 00931168.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H05B 3/86 H01Q 1/12 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | An automotive glazing panel with solar control coating comprising a data transmission window | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | AGC Flat Glass Europe SA | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.4.03 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - main request and first auxiliary request (no), second auxiliary request (yes) Apportionment of costs (yes) - occasioned by new objection by the opponent Remittal (yes) |
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Late filed argument exceptionally admitted despite causing adjournment of the oral proceedings (reasons 7.1 to 7.5). Unidentified "prior art" cited in the patent does not form part of the state of the art within the meaning of Article 54(2) EPC 1973 and cannot be used for basing an assessment of inventive step (reasons 6.4). Remission for consideration of new prior art documents. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t080671eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021