T 1037/11 () of 29.6.2015

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T103711.20150629

Date of decision:

29 June 2015

Case number:

T 1037/11

Application number:

IPC class:

Language of proceedings:

EN

Distribution:

D

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 496Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

A METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY MILKING ANIMALS AND A MILKING MACHINE SUITABLE FOR PERFORMING SAME

Applicant name:

Lely Enterprises AG

Opponent name:

DeLaval International AB
Intellectual Property & Legal Support
GEA Farm Technologies GmbH

Board:

3.2.04

Headnote:

-

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention Art 100(a)
European Patent Convention Art 56
European Patent Convention Art 122
European Patent Convention R 6(3)
European Patent Convention Art 14(4)
Art 2 (1) of the Decision of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal dated November 2007 concerning the transfer of functions to the Registrars of the Boards of Appeal
European Patent Convention Art 108
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(4)
European Patent Convention Art 125
European Patent Convention R 136(1)
RFees Art 8
European Patent Convention R 99(1)(a)
European Patent Convention R 100(1)
European Patent Convention R 101(2)

Keywords:

Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)

Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:

G 0005/88
G 0007/88
G 0008/88
G 0002/97
J 0014/94
T 0128/87
T 0690/93
T 0161/96
T 0041/09
T 1644/10
T 0595/11
T 0642/12

Citing decisions:

J 0010/20
T 2554/11
T 0707/12
T 2422/18

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t111037eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPC Articles

X A.14 EPC Languages of the European Patent Office, European patent applications and other documents

X A.56 EPC Inventive step

X A.100 EPC Grounds for opposition

X A.108 EPC Time limit and form

X A.122 EPC Re-establishment of rights

X A.125 EPC Reference to general principles

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.6 EPC Filing of translations and reduction of fees

X R.99 EPC Content of the notice of appeal and the statement of grounds

X R.100 EPC Examination of appeals

X R.101 EPC Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible

X R.136 EPC Re-establishment of rights

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III A 1.2.3 Weighing of interests in inter partes cases

X CLR III A 3.2.1 Language issues

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0005/88 (Administrative Agreement) of 16.11.1990

X G 0007/88 (Administrative Agreement) of 16.11.1990

X G 0008/88 (Administrative Agreement) of 16.11.1990

X G 0002/97 (Good faith) of 12.11.1998

General Case Law

X J 0014/94 (Principle of good faith) of 15.12.1994

X T 0128/87 (Lost cheque) of 3.6.1988

X T 0690/93 () of 11.10.1994

X T 0161/96 (Underpayment of opposition fee/NOVO NORDISK) of 3.11.1997

X T 0041/09 (Inadmissible language of appeal) of 14.9.2010

X T 1644/10 (VersÃ¤umnis der Einspruchsfrist/UTISOL) of 26.10.2011

X T 0595/11 (Underpayment of appeal fee/Lely Enterprises AG) of 27.5.2015

X T 2554/11 () of 23.6.2016

X T 0642/12 (Reduced appeal fee/LELY ENTERPRISES AG) of 11.1.2013

X T 0707/12 () of 10.2.2017