European Patent Office

T 2646/17 (ammonia process/CASALE) of 10.11.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T264617.20211110
Date of decision
10 November 2021
Case number
T 2646/17
Online on
18 January 2022
Petition for review of
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Application number
10741934.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
PROCESS FOR REVAMPING AN AMMONIA PLANT WITH NITROGEN-BASED WASHING OF A PURGE STREAM
Applicant name
CASALE SA
Opponent name
L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 87(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal
Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)
Priority - (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Inventive step - ex post facto analysis
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features
Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings
Late-filed facts - admitted (no)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.