Decision Keyword:
Variant groove
Law applied:
EPC Art. 69 para. 1; German Patent Act (PatG) Section 14
PatG Section 116 para. 2, Section 117; German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) Section 531 para. 2
Summary: (Machine translation)
EPC Art. 69 para. 1; PatG Section 14
A term used in two features of a claim may be interpreted differently if this results from the function of the two features (supplement to Federal Supreme Court (BGH), judgment of October 5, 2016 - X ZR 21/15, GRUR 2017, 152 para. 17 - Zungenbett).
PatG Section 116 para. 2, Section 117; ZPO Section 531 para. 2
An auxiliary request filed for the first time in the appeal instance is generally inadmissible if it takes into account an aspect that the Patent Court has already designated as likely to be relevant to the decision in the notice issued pursuant to Section 83 (1) PatG (confirmation of Federal Supreme Court (BGH), judgment of December 15, 2015 - X ZR 111/13, GRUR 2016, 365 para. 25 et seq. - Telekommunikationsverbindung).
Federal Supreme Court (BGH), Judgment of March 12, 2024 – X ZR 12/22 –
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