by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 007 881 B1 relates to an additive manufacturing apparatus and method.
Brief outline of the case
The OD decided maintenance according to AR1, in which granted claim 15 was deleted. Said claim was lacking N. The opponent appealed.
The board decided that claims 1 and 13 as granted were lacking IS.
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 066 715 B1 relates to improved rotary joints that enable high-speed wide-bandwidth electrical signal transmissions between two relatively-movable members without the use of sliding electrical contacts therebetween.
Brief outline of the case
As claim 1 as granted infringed Art 123(2), the patent was maintained according to AR 1A.
Proprietor and opponent appealed.
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 039 186 B1 relates to “Efficiently producible cigarette for self-extinguishing cigarettes.
Brief outline of the case
The opposition was rejected and the opponent appealed.
The board decided that the deletion of a not-optional feature in claim 1 as granted infringed Art 123(2).
The board decided maintenance according to the claims set of AR1 and remitted,
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 270 716 B1 relates to a process for preparing a meat-analogue food product.
Brief outline of the case
The oppositions were rejected and both opponents appealed.
The bord held that claim 1 as granted was lacking IS over D2=WO 2012/158023, the first X document in the ISR established by the EPO (also cited in the application as filed).
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 2 921 914 B1 relates to a light diffraction layer laminated sheet and a method for producing a card.
Brief outline of the procedure
The OD rejected the opposition and the opponent appealed.
The board considered that claim 1 as granted and of AR9 infringed Art 123(2), as the subject-matter represented an intermediate generalisation.