T 2294/15 of 28.03.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T229415.20170328
- Date of decision
- 28 March 2017
- Case number
- T 2294/15
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04746057.1
- IPC class
- C22C 38/58C22C 38/00C22C 38/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- STEEL PRODUCT FOR LINE PIPE EXCELLENT IN RESISTANCE TO HIC AND LINE PIPE PRODUCED BY USING THE STEEL PRODUCT
- Applicant name
- Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
- Opponent name
- ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
Salzgitter Mannesmann Grobblech GmbH - Board
- 3.2.08
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Late-filed evidence
Inventive step - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0595/90
- 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 the following documents:
claims
1 to 4 filed as auxiliary request 2 with letter of 27 May 2016
description
pages 5, 7, 8 and 12 filed during the oral proceedings
pages 2-4, 6 and 9-11 of the patent specification
figures
1 to 5 of the patent specification.