European Patent Office

T 0323/13 of 05.03.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T032313.20150305
Date of decision
5 March 2015
Case number
T 0323/13
Petition for review of
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Application number
00980863.5
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
COMPLEXES OF FORM L2MX AS PHOSPHORESCENT DOPANTS FOR ORGANIC LEDS
Applicant name
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
The University of Southern California
Opponent name
Merck Patent GmbH
Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd.(former opponent)
BASF SE
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
-
Keywords
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 0555/12T 0437/14

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 on the basis of

- claims 1 to 11 according to the main request filed during the oral proceedings of 5 March 2015;

- the description pages 3 to 7, and 10 to 18 of the patent specification, and amended pages 8 and 9 of the description as filed during the oral proceedings before the opposition division on 7 December 2012; and

- figures 1 to 40 of the patent specification.