| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T097093.19960315 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 15 March 1996 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0970/93 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 86102364.6 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B21B 37/00 B21B 35/04 B21B 1/28 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Continuous multi-stand mill plant for rolling steel plates | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Siemens AG SMS Schloemann-Siemag AG |
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| Board: | 3.2.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Prior use - late filed - substantiation Novelty - main request - (no) Costs apportionment - oral proceedings - (yes) Decision re-appeals - remittal (yes) |
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I. Allegations based solely on suspicion cannot reasonably be expected to form a valid ground for throwing doubt on the credibility of evidence (reasons point 2.8). II. When applying the principle of the balance of probabilities in respect of the substantiation of an alleged prior use, it can be reasonably assumed that an essential feature of an industrial plant, which is visited by the public, has been made available to that public (reasons 2.9). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t930970eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021