| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2012:G000110.20120723 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 23 July 2012 | ||||||||
| Case number: | G 0001/10 | ||||||||
| Referral: | T 1145/09 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 99115002.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G05B 19/418 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | System for use in a field device management | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Endress+Hauser (Deutschland) AG+Co. KG | ||||||||
| Board: | EBA | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The questions referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal are answered as follows: 1. Since Rule 140 EPC is not available to correct the text of a patent, a patent proprietor's request for such a correction is inadmissible whenever made, including after the initiation of opposition proceedings. 2. In view of the answer to the first referred question, the second referred question requires no answer. |
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| Keywords: | Request under Rule 140 EPC to correct patent inadmissible | ||||||||
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/g100001ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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