T 0070/04 of 25.08.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T007004.20060825
- Date of decision
- 25 August 2006
- Case number
- T 0070/04
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96927908.2
- IPC class
- C21D 9/573
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Primary cooling method in continuously annealing steel strip
- Applicant name
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- Drever International S.A.
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b
- Keywords
- Inventive step (no)
Auxiliary request filed at the end of the oral proceedings (not admitted) - Catchword
- An auxiliary request for maintenance of the patent in a further amended form was not admitted, with reference inter alia to Article 10b(3) of the Rule of Procedure of the Baords of Appeal, see point 3 of the reasons.
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.