European Patent Office

T 0020/17 of 13.02.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002017.20200213
Date of decision
13 February 2020
Case number
T 0020/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
08804922.6
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
HEAT-PROCESSABLE THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITION
Applicant name
DSM IP Assets B.V.
Opponent name
Covestro Deutschland AG
SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
EMS-PATENT AG
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(4)-015(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(3)
Keywords
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1-4
Auxiliary reuqest filed during oral proceedings - admitted- no - opponents not in position to address issues raised
Admittance of documents by opposition division - discretionary decision - taken according to correct principles
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.