European Patent Office

T 1152/16 vom 13.01.2022

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T115216.20220113
Datum der Entscheidung
13. Januar 2022
Aktenzeichen
T 1152/16
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
09158603.2
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Lubricating composition with good oxidative stability and reduced deposit formation
Name des Antragstellers
Afton Chemical Corporation
Name des Einsprechenden
LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
BASF SE
Kammer
3.3.02
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Schlagwörter
Late-filed evidence - submitted with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal
Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings
Late-filed request - no amendment of the appeal case
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter
Amendments
Novelty
Inventive step
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierende Akten
T 0234/20T 0253/20

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent with claims 1 to 8 of the first auxiliary request B filed during the oral proceedings on 13 January 2022 and a description to be adapted thereto with the premise that the last sentence in paragraph [0022] of the patent specification as granted being deleted, the last sentence reading as follows: "By stating that the compositions are "free of DPA" and alkylated derivatives, we do not mean to exclude compositions that contain minor amounts of DPA or the alkylated derivatives thereof; that is, compositions containing DPA or alkylated derivatives thereof in amounts that do not appreciably increase the amount of sludge formation or otherwise negate the beneficial effects of the compositions of the present disclosure."