T 1872/08 (Ink set/SEIKO EPSON) of 20.10.2011
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T187208.20111020
- Date of decision
- 20 October 2011
- Case number
- T 1872/08
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96119644.1
- IPC class
- C09D 11/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Ink set for ink jet recording and ink jet recording method using the same
- Applicant name
- Seiko Epson Corporation
- Opponent name
- Pelikan Produktions AG
Alan J. Jones - Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 111(2)European Patent Convention Art 114(2)
- Keywords
- Admission of late filed documents and comparative tests not admitted before the first instance
Sufficiency of disclosure and novelty (yes) - res judicata
Main request: inventive step (yes) - non-obvious solution of a problem based on an advantageous effect demonstrated by means of comparative tests - Catchword
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- Citing cases
- T 0449/15
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Description:
Pages 2 to 16 received during oral proceedings of
20 October 2011.
Claims:
No. 1 to 9 filed as main request with the statement of grounds of appeal dated 24 November 2008.
Drawings:
Figures 1 to 6 on pages 24 to 27 of the patent as granted.