T 0091/09 of 14.02.2012
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T009109.20120214
- Date of decision
- 14 February 2012
- Case number
- T 0091/09
- Online on
- 23 April 2012
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 99309273.3
- IPC class
- C08J 9/10C08L 23/06C09D 11/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Chemically embossed metallocene polyethylene foam
- Applicant name
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Tarkett SAS
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure: Main - first auxiliary requests (no); second auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step: second auxiliary request (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of:
(a) Claims 1 to 10 according to the seventh auxiliary request (now second auxiliary request) filed with the letter dated 16 December 2011; and
(b) the amended description pages numbered 2 to 9 as filed during the oral proceedings.