European Patent Office

T 0121/12 of 30.09.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T012112.20150930
Date of decision
30 September 2015
Case number
T 0121/12
Online on
3 February 2016
Petition for review of
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Application number
01908121.5
IPC class
B21B 45/02
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOLING HOT ROLLED STEEL BAND AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE HOT ROLLED STEEL BAND
Applicant name
JFE Steel Corporation
Opponent name
SMS group GmbH
Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 as amended in the following version:

- description: pages 2 to 18 of the amended patent specification filed in the oral proceedings as part of the auxiliary request;

- claim 1 to 20 of the auxiliary request filed in the oral proceedings;

- figures 1 to 12B of the published patent specification.