T 0549/08 of 05.11.2009
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T054908.20091105
- Date of decision
- 5 November 2009
- Case number
- T 0549/08
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 99952711.2
- IPC class
- B32B 27/12
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Moulding materials
- Applicant name
- Gurit (UK) Limited
- Opponent name
- 01: Hexcel Corporation
02: Hexcel Holding GmbH - Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 105European Patent Convention Art 107European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 89Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
- Keywords
- Second alternative main request: admissible
Amendments: all requests - allowable under Article 123(2) EPC
Main and first alternative main requests: sufficiency of disclosure - no
Second alternative main request: sufficiency of disclosure - yes, novelty - yes, inventive step - yes - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims 1 to 17 of the second alternative main request, filed during the oral proceedings (5 November 2009), after any necessary consequential amendments of the description.