European Patent Office

T 1407/09 (Glass fiber/STM-URSA) of 28.09.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T140709.20120928
Date of decision
28 September 2012
Case number
T 1407/09
Petition for review of
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Application number
00969800.2
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
A glass fiber composition
Applicant name
STM Technologies S.r.l.
URSA International GmbH
Opponent name
SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request and first auxiliary request: Novelty (no) - Prior use novelty-destroying
Second auxiliary request: Novelty (yes), Inventive step (yes) - prior use conveying implicitly a teaching as starting point - non obvious alternative
Catchword
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Citing 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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 6 of the second auxiliary request submitted during the oral proceedings of 28 September 2012, and a description to be adapted accordingly.