T 0603/14 of 04.09.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T060314.20190904
- Date of decision
- 4 September 2019
- Case number
- T 0603/14
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 05826507.5
- IPC class
- H01B 13/14H01B 7/02C08J 9/10
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Electric Cable Comprising a Foamed Polyolefin Insulation and Manufacturing Method Thereof
- Applicant name
- Prysmian S.p.A.
- Opponent name
- Nexans
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - objection based on non-claimed technical effect and inconclusive comparative tests
Novelty (yes)
Novelty - features disclosed individually but not in combination, alleged result to be achieved is structural feature which cannot be ignored in the assessment, comparative tests do not demonstrate that feature is disclosed in prior art documents
Inventive step (yes)
Inventive step - could/would, inconclusive comparative tests
Admissibility (no) - late-filed objection of lack of inventive step based on documents forming a basis of the appeal proceedings raised for the first time in oral proceedings without justification for its late submission - Catchword
- See point 7. of the reasons
- Citing cases
- T 1569/19
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.