European Patent Office

T 0354/04 (Mineral fibres III/ROCKWOOL) of 20.01.2009

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T035404.20090120
Date of decision
20 January 2009
Case number
T 0354/04
Petition for review of
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Application number
97107511.4
IPC class
C03C 13/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Man-made vitreous fibres
Applicant name
Rockwool International A/S
Opponent name
Knauf Insulation GmbH
Paroc Oy Ab
SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(b)
Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure (no):
- determination of a calculated parameter value delimiting the claimed subject-matter not possible throughout the whole ambit of the claim
- incomplete teaching of the reference document for the calculation
- completing the teaching of the reference document requires an undue amount of experimentation
Catchword
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Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The decision under appeal is set aside.

The European patent is revoked.