European Patent Office

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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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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Keywords
Novelty - implicit features
Inventive step - exclusion of hindsight
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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.