T 0072/04 (Pulp heating/KVAERNER) of 23.03.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T007204.20060323
- Date of decision
- 23 March 2006
- Case number
- T 0072/04
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96908411.0
- IPC class
- D21C 9/10
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and apparatus for heating and pressuring a fibre pulp suspension during transportation to a bleaching reactor
- Applicant name
- Kvaerner Pulping AB
- Opponent name
- Sulzer Pumps Finland Oy
Andritz Oy
Metso Paper Sundsvall AB - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention R 57a 1973
- Keywords
- Admissibility of new requests (yes) - amendments not changing the scope of the claims as filed with the statement of grounds of appeal and made in good faith to overcome objections raised against the latter
Sufficiency (yes) - contradictory assertions of the parties; benefit of doubt is given to patent proprietor
Inventive step (yes) - hind-sight analysis - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
6. The decision under appeal is set aside.
7. The case is remitted to the first instance with the
ORDER
- Claims 1 to 7 submitted as main request during the oral proceedings;
- a description to be adapted;
- Figure 1 of the patent as granted.