T 0137/15 of 24.04.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T013715.20180424
- Date of decision
- 24 April 2018
- Case number
- T 0137/15
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 05741587.9
- IPC class
- C08G 64/18G03G 5/05
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- POLYCARBONATE RESIN AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER USING SAME
- Applicant name
- IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
- Opponent name
- SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) - Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The request of appellant II to refer two questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is rejected.
3. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the main request (claims 1 to 6) filed with letter 28 August 2014 and after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.