European Patent Office

T 2119/12 of 15.07.2014

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T211912.20140715
Date of decision
15 July 2014
Case number
T 2119/12
Online on
12 October 2015
Petition for review of
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Application number
06707635.6
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
BIODEGRADABLE ALIPHATIC -AROMATIC POLYESTERS
Applicant name
NOVAMONT S.p.A.
Opponent name
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 111(1)
Keywords
Request to hold inadmissible main, first and second auxiliary request under Article 12(4) RPBA - rejected
Main and first auxiliary requests: extension of scope of protection
First and second auxiliary requests: amendments going beyond the original disclosure
Third auxiliary request: admitted into the proceedings - amendments allowable
Third auxiliary request: admitted into the proceedings - sufficiency of disclosure acknowledged
Remittal to the department of first instance
Catchword
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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 for further prosecution on the basis of the third auxiliary request submitted during the oral proceedings.