European Patent Office

T 0899/17 (Fundamental deficiency - lack of reasoning) of 09.07.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T089917.20190709
Date of decision
9 July 2019
Case number
T 0899/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
05732451.9
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
MULTI-LAYER FILMS HAVING IMPROVED SEALING PROPERTIES
Applicant name
Jindal Films Americas LLC
Opponent name
Taghleef Industries LLC
Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KG
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention R 111(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11
Keywords
Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee
Catchword
The reasons for the failure of auxiliary requests which were skipped in the discussion during the oral proceedings before the opposition division in favour of more promising lower-ranking auxiliary requests and which were explicitly not withdrawn by the patent-proprietor have to be set out in the written decision.
Citing cases
T 1051/20

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 for further prosecution on the basis of the claim requests on file at the oral proceedings of 25 November 2015.

3. The appeal fees paid by the patent proprietor, opponent 1 and opponent 2 are to be reimbursed.