European Patent Office

T 0091/18 of 05.05.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009118.20210505
Date of decision
5 May 2021
Case number
T 0091/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
10752339.1
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
PROCESS FOR PREPARING A POLYURETHANE FOAM
Applicant name
Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
Opponent name
Covestro Deutschland AG
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 112aEuropean Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Admittance of documents (Yes)
Admittance of a new objection in appeal (No)
Sufficiency of disclosure - Main request (Yes)
Inventive step - Main request (Yes)
Referral of a question to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (No)
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0003/98
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 on the basis of the claims of the main request filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal and a description to be adapted.