T 0389/11 of 25.07.2013
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T038911.20130725
- Date of decision
- 25 July 2013
- Case number
- T 0389/11
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 08161538.7
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Low oxygen refractory metal powder for powder metallurgy field and background of the invention
- Applicant name
- H.C. Starck Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)
- Keywords
- Subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no)
Selection invention (no)
Purity of a material - inventive step (yes) - Catchword
- Case Law of Boards of Appeal 6th Edition, II.B.6.2, I.C.4.1.4.
- 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 Examining Division with the order to grant a patent with claims 1 to 5 of the main request (equivalent to the fourth auxiliary request filed with the letter of 20 June 2013), and a description to be adapted.