| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T038311.20120417 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 17 April 2012 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0383/11 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 97954466.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H02J 9/06 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Hybrid generator apparatus | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Da Ponte, Manuel Dos Santos | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Cummins Inc. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | New requests after remittal which reopen examination - admissibility - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Main and first auxiliary requests - disregarded Second auxiliary request - inventive step (yes) |
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When after remittal the proprietor files new requests which require examination to be re-opened on issues that have already been judged upon by the Board of Appeal, without the justification that might be provided, for example, by the proprietor being faced with a new situation, then such requests should be deemed to be inadmissible. See reasons for the decision, point 1. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t110383eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021