European Patent Office

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
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Application number
05826507.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
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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
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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.