European Patent Office

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)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
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
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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.