T 0349/04 of 30.01.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T034904.20070130
- Date of decision
- 30 January 2007
- Case number
- T 0349/04
- Online on
- 4 April 2007
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 95929705.2
- IPC class
- C22F 1/05
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- 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
- Heat treatment process for aluminum alloy sheet
- Applicant name
- Novelis, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Alcoa Inc.
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Admissibility of amendments (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The appeal of the opponent is dismissed.
3. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
claims: 1 to 11,
description: pages 2 to 11, and
drawings: figures 1 and 2,
all as submitted in the oral proceedings of 30 January 2007.