European Patent Office

T 0398/11 of 26.02.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T039811.20130226
Date of decision
26 February 2013
Case number
T 0398/11
Online on
6 May 2013
Petition for review of
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Application number
00120151.6
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Resin film laminated metal sheet for can and method for fabricating the same
Applicant name
JFE Steel Corporation
Opponent name
Tata Steel IJmuiden BV
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Keywords
Clarity, sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty (yes) - no implicit disclosure of a feature of claim 1 in a document of the prior art
Inventive step (yes)
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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of:

(a) Claims 1 to 3 according to main request B filed with the letter dated 29 November 2012;

(b) Pages numbered 2 and 4 of the amended description as filed during the oral proceedings of 26 February 2013 and pages numbered 3, and 5 to 11 of the description as granted;

(c) Figures 1A, 1B, 2 and 3 as granted.