European Patent Office

T 0226/15 of 09.04.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T022615.20190409
Date of decision
9 April 2019
Case number
T 0226/15
Petition for review of
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Application number
07704826.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
PROTECTIVE COATING OF SILVER
Applicant name
BENEQ OY
Opponent name
Picosun Oy
C. HAFNER GmbH & Co.
Münze Österreich AG
Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Admissibility of appeal (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Novelty - public prior use (no)
Novelty - insufficient evidence
Inventive step - main request (yes)
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 as

amended in the following version:

- description pages 2 to 5 received during oral

proceedings of 9 April 2019;

- claims 1 to 7 received during oral proceedings on

9 April 2019;

- figures 1 and 2 of the granted patent specification.