European Patent Office

T 1632/12 (High-tenacity aramid yarn/TEIJIN ARAMID) of 09.07.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T163212.20150709
Date of decision
9 July 2015
Case number
T 1632/12
Online on
8 March 2016
Petition for review of
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Application number
07856179.2
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
METHOD FOR OBTAINING HIGH-TENACITY ARAMID YARN
Applicant name
Teijin Aramid B.V.
Opponent name
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 52(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Opposition Division's decision to admit re-introduction of a previously withdrawn request - no reason to reverse
Auxiliary claim request filed at the oral proceedings - admitted (yes)
Novelty - (no) unambiguous disclosure in the prior art (Main request)
Inventive step - (no) obvious method (Auxiliary Request)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.