| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T155606.20080624 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 24 June 2008 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1556/06 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 97201482.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B23K 26/12 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Friction stir welding with simultaneous cooling | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | The Boeing Company | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Airbus SAS | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.06 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Inventive step (no) - patent as granted Late-filed documents - partly admitted Clarity (no) - patent as maintained Late-filed auxiliary requests I to VI - not admitted because not clearly allowable Late-filed auxiliary request VII - admitted [reasons, 4.4.1] Remittal (yes) Substantial procedural violation (no) - allowing a PowerPoint presentation during oral proceedings is a matter of discretion for the competent tribunal Apportionment of costs (no) |
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The Opposition Division has a discretion as to the way oral proceedings are conducted. It is not a wrongful exercise of this discretion, and thus not a procedural violation, to refuse to allow a party to use a PowerPoint presentation during oral proceedings if the party is not thereby prevented from presenting its arguments orally (reasons, 5.2.1-5.2.7). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t061556eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021