T 1721/17 of 09.04.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T172117.20190409
- Date of decision
- 9 April 2019
- Case number
- T 1721/17
- Online on
- 15 July 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 02724727.9
- IPC class
- H05B 33/22H05B 33/14C09K 11/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT
- Applicant name
- IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
- Opponent name
- DRAGOTTI & ASSOCIATI SRL
Merck Patent GmbH
Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd. - Board
- 3.3.10
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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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 on the basis of the claims of the main request as filed with a letter dated 8 March 2019 and a description yet to be adapted.