T 0556/13 () of 14.10.2016

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055613.20161014
Date of decision: 14 October 2016
Case number: T 0556/13
Application number: 98906460.5
IPC class: G01F 1/84
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 504 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: CORIOLIS FLOWMETER HAVING AXIALLY COMPLIANT CASE ENDS
Applicant name: MICRO MOTION INCORPORATED
Opponent name: ENDRESS + Hauser
(Deutschland) AG+Co.KG
Board: 3.4.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention Art 123(3)
European Patent Convention R 116
European Patent Convention R 139
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords: Main request - novelty (no)
Auxiliary request 1 - request identical to request not admitted in first-instance proceedings - exceptionally admitted
Auxiliary request 1 - amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request 2 - amendments - extension of protection (no)
Auxiliary request 2 - correction of error - immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended (yes)
Auxiliary request 2 - amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - novelty (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - inventive step (yes)
Catchwords:

Discretion of a board of appeal to admit a request which was not admitted in the first-instance proceedings (see point 2.1)

Cited decisions:
G 0003/89
G 0011/91
G 0007/93
G 0001/10
R 0011/11
T 0931/06
T 0151/08
T 0023/10
T 0028/10
T 0657/11
T 0971/11
Citing decisions:
T 1816/11
T 0351/12
T 1176/13
T 2018/13
T 1397/14
T 2136/16

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t130556eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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