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)
- 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
- 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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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84
- 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.