European Patent Office

T 1164/17 of 02.06.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T116417.20220602
Date of decision
2 June 2022
Case number
T 1164/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
09836779.0
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
LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BORON AND MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS
Applicant name
Chevron Oronite Company LLC
Opponent name
Afton Chemical Corporation
Infineum International Limited
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2)
Keywords
Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal
Amendments
Inventive step
Sufficiency of disclosure
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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent with the following claims and a description to be adapted to them:

Claims 1 to 22 of the main request filed as auxiliary request 2 with the reply to the statements of grounds of appeal.