T 1711/16 of 09.10.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T171116.20191009
- Date of decision
- 9 October 2019
- Case number
- T 1711/16
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09806065.0
- IPC class
- C08L 63/02C08K 3/26C08K 9/04
- 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
- NANOCALCITE COMPOSITES
- Applicant name
- 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Opponent name
- Solvay SA
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Documents admitted - discretionary decision of the opposition division overturned
Document admitted - legitimate and timely reaction
Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Auxiliary request - novelty (yes)
Inventive step (no)
Inventive step - comparative examples suitable starting point for assessing inventive step
Admittance second to nineteenth auxiliary requests (no) - absence of / late substantiation - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.