T 0518/16 of 27.06.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T051816.20190627
- Date of decision
- 27 June 2019
- Case number
- T 0518/16
- Online on
- 11 October 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10157844.1
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Process for the production of water and solvent-free nitrile rubbers
- Applicant name
- ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
- Opponent name
- ZEON CORPORATION
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Documents submitted with the statement of grounds (admitted in part)
Documents submitted shortly before the oral proceedings (not admitted)
Main request - Inventive step (no) - obvious purification step
Auxiliary request belated - prima facie allowable - admitted into the proceedins - Catchword
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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 25 according to auxiliary request 4 filed with letter dated 27 May 2019 and after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.