European Patent Office

T 1194/15 of 24.04.2018

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T119415.20180424
Date of decision
24 April 2018
Case number
T 1194/15
Petition for review of
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Application number
08705924.2
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
CURED IN PLACE PIPE LINER
Applicant name
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
Opponent name
BASF SE
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
Keywords
Main request: added subject-matter (no), sufficiency of disclosure (yes), inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1853/22

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 on the basis of the following documents:

- claims 1 to 11 filed as main request on 8 March 2018 and

- description:

page 3 of the patent specification,

pages 2 and 4 as filed on 10 March 2015 before the opposition division, and

page 5 as filed during the oral proceedings before the board on 24 April 2018.