T 1828/11 of 20.11.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T182811.20151120
- Date of decision
- 20 November 2015
- Case number
- T 1828/11
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 03788949.0
- IPC class
- F16L 58/18
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Threaded pipe with surface treatment
- Applicant name
- Tenaris Connections Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Vallourec Oil and Gas France
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Admissibility of a fresh ground for opposition - no
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - admissibility (no)
Novelty - yes (main request)
Inventive step - no (main request and first auxiliary request)
Sufficiency of disclosure - yes (second auxiliary request)
Inventive step - yes (second auxiliary request) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0010/91
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeals of Appellants I and II are dismissed.