T 0430/15 of 02.10.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T043015.20181002
- Date of decision
- 2 October 2018
- Case number
- T 0430/15
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 06827206.1
- IPC class
- C08F 210/16C08J 5/18
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- HETEROGENEOUS, COMPOSITIONALLY PHASE SEPARATED, ETHYLENE ALPHA-OLEFIN INTERPOLYMERS
- Applicant name
- Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Opponent name
- Borealis AG
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (main request: no; first auxiliary request: yes)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Novelty - (first auxiliary request: yes)
Inventive step - (first auxiliary request: yes)
Late-filed facts - admitted (yes and no) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- -
- Citing cases
- T 1076/21
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 in amended form on the basis of the claims of the first auxiliary request as filed during the oral proceedings before the Board and after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.