T 0501/94 (Electrical double leaf spring contact) of 10.7.1996

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T050194.19960710
Date of decision: 10 July 1996
Case number: T 0501/94
Application number: 86100730.0
IPC class: H01R 13/18
Language of proceedings: DE
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 30 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: DE | EN | FR
Versions: OJ
Title of application: -
Applicant name: Delphi Automotive Systems
Opponent name: AMP Incorporated
Board: 3.5.02
Headnote: 1. Written state of the art which is only mentioned and offered for inspection by an opponent after the parties have presented their main submissions during oral proceedings may be regarded by the board as late-submitted under Article 114(2) EPC and does not need to be added to the file.
2. A document indicated in a contested patent as the closest or important prior art for the purposes of elucidating the technical problem set out in the description forms part of the opposition or opposition appeal proceedings even if not expressly cited within the opposition period (see decision T 536/88, OJ EPO 1992, 638). However, a document indicated in a citation as the closest or important prior art for the purposes of elucidating the technical problem set out in the citation does not automatically form part of the opposition or opposition appeal proceedings if it has not been expressly cited within the opposition period.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 114(2)
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)
Document only submitted towards the end of oral proceedings not added to file
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
T 0536/88
T 0430/89
Citing decisions:
T 0398/94
T 0017/97

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t940501ep1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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