European Patent Office

T 1049/17 (Method of converting NOx/JOHNSON MATTHEY) of 04.12.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104917.20191204
Date of decision
4 December 2019
Case number
T 1049/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
09737470.6
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
A METHOD OF CONVERTING NITROGEN OXIDES WITH TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING ALUMINOSILICATE ZEOLITE
Applicant name
JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Opponent name
PQ Corporation
BASF Corporation
Maiwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Admissibility of appeal - (yes)
Amendments - pointer to the claimed selection (no)
Amendments - main and first auxiliary requets
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - second auxiliary request
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes)
Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
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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 department of first instance

with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the

basis of the following documents:

- claims 1 to 5 according to the second auxiliary request

submitted during the oral proceedings;

- description paragraphs 1 to 39 submitted during the oral

proceedings.