European Patent Office

T 0607/08 of 10.10.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T060708.20131010
Date of decision
10 October 2013
Case number
T 0607/08
Petition for review of
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Application number
00989532.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
PREPARATION OF LITHIUM-CONTAINING MATERIALS
Applicant name
VALENCE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Opponent name
Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Main request and auxiliary request 1 - amendments not allowable
Auxiliary request 2 - functional feature not allowable
Auxiliary requests 3 to 6 - late filed
Auxiliary requests 3 to 6 - not clearly allowable
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 0593/11

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision of the opposition division is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.