T 1449/05 () of 26.9.2006

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T144905.20060926
Date of decision: 26 September 2006
Case number: T 1449/05
Application number: 01000595.7
IPC class: H05B 31/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 44 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Arrangement in connection with discharge lamp
Applicant name: Teknoware Oy
Opponent name: Oy Convince Electronics Ltd.
Board: 3.4.03
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10a
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b
Keywords: Main request: inventive step (no)
First and second auxiliary requests: not admitted
Catchwords:

Discretion to permit amendment of a party's case pursuant to Article 10b(1) or (3) RPBA may be exercised against a proprietor who seeks to resile at a late stage in the opposition appeal procedure from a previous long-standing acknowledgement or persistent tacit admission of prior art.

Cited decisions:
G 0001/88
T 0087/01
Citing decisions:
T 0307/05
T 0730/05
T 1554/05
T 0628/07
T 0413/08
T 1682/09
T 0831/17
T 2508/17

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t051449eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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