European Patent Office

T 2195/15 of 18.12.2018

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T219515.20181218
Date of decision
18 December 2018
Case number
T 2195/15
Petition for review of
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Application number
10154811.3
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
Metal multiphase material and manufacturing method therefore
Applicant name
VBN Components AB
Opponent name
Uddeholms AB
Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal
Late-filed facts - admitted (yes)
Late-filed evidence - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings - admitted (yes)
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes) - implicit disclosure (no) - selection invention (no)
Inventive step - (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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of :

- claims 1 to 11 of the main request filed with letter dated 22 January 2016;

- specification, pages 2, 3, 5 to 7 as granted;

- specification, page 4 submitted at the oral proceedings before the Board;

- figures as granted.