T 1136/03 of 30.01.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T113603.20060130
- Date of decision
- 30 January 2006
- Case number
- T 1136/03
- Online on
- 9 February 2006
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 95913335.6
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
- Method of production of thin strip slab
- Applicant name
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- BHP STEEL (JLA) PTY.LTD.
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 88 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty - implicit features
Inventive step - exclusion of hindsight - Catchword
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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 on the basis of the claims set out in the first auxiliary request filed on 23 September 2005 and amended description pages 2, 2a, 3, 6 and 8 to 16, filed on 27 October 2005.