T 0402/18 (Photosensitive resin composition/ASAHI KASEI) of 11.03.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040218.20210311
- Date of decision
- 11 March 2021
- Case number
- T 0402/18
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 05806234.0
- IPC class
- G03F 7/033G03F 7/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING
- Applicant name
- Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
- Opponent name
- Flint Group Germany GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(3) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2) (2020)
- Keywords
- Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no)
Inventive step - fourth auxiliary request (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
- T 1758/22
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 following documents:
Claims:
No. 1 to 5, filed as the fourth auxiliary request by letter dated 13 November 2020;
Description:
Pages 1 to 25, filed during the oral proceedings before the opposition division;
Drawings:
Figure 1 of the patent specification.