by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent relates to a lower profile for a balcony railing.
Brief outline of the procedure
The OD decided that the amendments made to the MR and AR 1 and contravened Art 123(2).
The patent was thus revoked by the OD and the proprietor appealed the decision.
The proprietor requested that the decision under appeal be set aside and that the patent be maintained in amended form based on the MR or AR 1 to 5,
by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent relates to a RFID enabled tire control system and method.
Brief outline of the case
In a first decision T 393/16, the board remitted the case to the OD as it considered that the alleged public prior use “eTire II”, if proven, would disclose all features of claim 1 of the MR=AR 4 as maintained.