T 0241/18 of 21.09.2020

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024118.20200921
Date of decision: 21 September 2020
Case number: T 0241/18
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 04784378.4
IPC class: C08F 10/06 C08F 4/646 C08F 4/649 C08F 110/06
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: No distribution (D)
Download: Decision in English
OJ versions: No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case: -
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: SELF LIMITING CATALYST COMPOSITION AND PROPYLENE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS
Applicant name: W.R. Grace & CO. - CONN.
Opponent name: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
Board: 3.3.03
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(3) (2020)
Keywords: Late-filed documents
Late-filed document - admitted (no)- construction of new case on appeal (D9, D10)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no) raised after issue of the summons to oral proceedings; had been raised in opposition but was not invoked in the statement of grounds
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword: -
Cited cases: T 0012/81 T 0198/84 T 0472/88 T 0182/89 T 0279/89 T 0019/90 T 0927/04 T 0339/05 T 1063/06 T 1051/09 T 0759/10
Citing cases: T 0626/23

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.