T 0639/14 of 02.05.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T063914.20180502
- Date of decision
- 2 May 2018
- Case number
- T 0639/14
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 08356055.7
- 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
- Process for the preparation of expandable polystyrene
- Applicant name
- ARKEMA FRANCE
- Opponent name
- Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V.
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
- -
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 in the following version:
- claims 1 to 13 of the main request request filed with letter dated 30 March 2018; and
- description pages 2 to 5 filed during oral proceedings before the opposition division on 11 December 2013.