T 0457/13 (Aqueous vinyl polymers coating compositions/DSM) of 11.07.2014
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T045713.20140711
- Date of decision
- 11 July 2014
- Case number
- T 0457/13
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 01974473.9
- IPC class
- C09D 201/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- AQUEOUS VINYL POLYMER COATING COMPOSITIONS
- Applicant name
- DSM IP Assets B.V.
- Opponent name
- Akzo Nobel Coatings International N.V.
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Main request - novelty
Main request - (no)
Auxiliary request 1 - late-filed
Auxiliary request 1 - admitted
Auxiliary request 1 - new argument submitted during oral proceedings
Reproducibility - (yes)
Reproducibility - functional features
Reproducibility - appellant-opponent did not discharge itself from its onus of proof
Novelty - (yes)
Novelty - functional features not mentioned in the prior art
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - solution not obvious in view of the cited prior art - Catchword
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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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of auxiliary request 1 filed today during oral proceedings and a description to be adapted thereto.