T 2552/11 (Anticorrosive metallic coatings/NOF) of 14.04.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T255211.20150414
- Date of decision
- 14 April 2015
- Case number
- T 2552/11
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04744103.5
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- 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
- USE OF YTTRIUM, ZIRCONIUM, LANTHANUM, CERIUM, PRASEODYMIUM AND/OR NEODYMIUM AS REINFORCING AGENT FOR AN ANTICORROSION COATING COMPOSITION
- Applicant name
- NOF Metal Coatings Europe
- Opponent name
- Ewald Dörken AG
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 133European Patent Convention Art 84
- Keywords
- Representation - oral submissions by accompanying person (refused)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of clarity no ground for opposition - 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 with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:
Claims Nos. 1 to 38 of the main request filed during the oral proceedings of 14 April 2015.