European Patent Office

T 2526/11 (Generation of a silane based coating/NANOGATE) of 09.01.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T252611.20130109
Date of decision
9 January 2013
Case number
T 2526/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
03779813.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Process and composition for coating
Applicant name
Nanogate AG
Opponent name
Evonik Degussa GmbH
Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(1)
Keywords
Right to be heard (yes) - Discretion of the opposition division not to postpone the oral proceedings - Right principles applied
Admissibility of the amendment (no) - Reformulation of the wording of claim 1 - not occasioned by a ground of opposition
Late-filed requests (not admitted) - Could have been filed earlier - contravene the need for procedural economy
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.