T 2344/12 (Platinum fuel cell catalyst/CATALER) of 25.08.2015

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T234412.20150825
Date of decision: 25 August 2015
Case number: T 2344/12
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 07741065.2
IPC class: H01M 4/96 H01M 4/92
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: No distribution (D)
Download: Decision in English
OJ versions: No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case: -
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST WITH REDUCED NOBLE METAL AMOUNT AND SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL COMPRISING THE SAME
Applicant name: Cataler Corporation
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.05
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 83
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure - main and first to fourth auxiliary requests (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - Incomplete teaching for performing the invention over the whole area claimed
Sufficiency of disclosure - fifth auxiliary request (yes); closed range; usual parameter; evidence for a measuring method
Catchword: -
Cited cases: T 0409/91 T 0435/91 T 1743/06 T 0641/07 T 1276/08 T 0045/09
Citing cases: T 0113/19 T 0615/19 T 1495/22 T 1977/22

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 set of claims of auxiliary request 5 dated 24 July 2015.