T 0085/93 (Apparatus for determining postage fees) of 17.10.1996

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T008593.19961017
Date of decision: 17 October 1996
Case number: T 0085/93
Application number: 83110532.5
IPC class: G07B 17/02
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 756 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: Apparatus and method for determining special postage fees
Applicant name: PITNEY BOWES INC.
Opponent name: Francotyp-Postalia Aktiengesellschaft & Co.
Board: 3.4.01
Headnote: Evidence of common general knowledge, like any other evidence in support of an opponent's case, should be filed at an early stage in the proceedings before the Opposition Division (following Decision G 4/95, OJ EPO 1996, 412), and may be rejected as inadmissible in the Board's discretion, if filed for the first time during appeal proceedings.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 114
Keywords: Late filed evidence - admitted into the appeal proceedings
Inventive step - denied
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0009/91
G 0010/91
G 0004/95
T 0379/88
T 0212/91
T 1002/92
Citing decisions:
T 0257/94
T 0151/95
T 0200/97
T 0534/98
T 0274/99
T 0689/01
T 1007/05
T 1298/15
T 0014/16

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t930085ex1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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