T 1743/15 (Elemental composition adjustement/ATI) of 26.06.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T174315.20190626
- Date of decision
- 26 June 2019
- Case number
- T 1743/15
- Online on
- 23 July 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10009925.8
- IPC class
- B22F 1/00C22C 1/03C22C 14/00
- 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
- Method of adjusting the elemental composition of a metal melt
- Applicant name
- ATI Properties LLC
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 76 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 84 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
- Keywords
- Clarity - main request, first and second auxiliary requests - (no)
Divisional application - third auxiliary request
Divisional application - added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - third auxiliary request
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Clarity - third auxiliary request - (yes)
Novelty - third auxiliary request
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - third auxiliary request
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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 grant a patent based on the set of claims of the third auxiliary request submitted on 19 June 2019 and a description to be adapted.