T 0024/18 (Tetrafluoropropene/Chemours) of 11.01.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T002418.20220111
- Date of decision
- 11 January 2022
- Case number
- T 0024/18
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 07796388.2
- 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
- TETRAFLUOROPROPENE PRODUCTION PROCESSES
- Applicant name
- The Chemours Company FC, LLC
- Opponent name
- ARKEMA FRANCE
Mexichem Fluor S.A. de C.V.
Daikin Industries, Ltd. - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - Explicitly claimed non-working embodiment (No)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - 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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 11 filed with the letter dated 25 July 2018, and a description to be adapted where appropriate.