T 2931/18 of 27.10.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T293118.20211027
- Date of decision
- 27 October 2021
- Case number
- T 2931/18
- Online on
- 5 November 2021
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 12764969.7
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER FIBERS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
- Applicant name
- Toray Industries, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Müller-Boré & Partner
Patentanwälte PartG mbB - Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 14(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 70(2) (2007)European Patent Convention R 7 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(3) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
- Keywords
- Amendment does not extend beyond the content of the application as filed - translation into official language of the EPO brought into conformity with the application as filed
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - 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:
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 1 to 13 of the patent as granted,
description pages 2-18 and 20-41 of the patent as granted,
and page 19 of the description labelled "ARy" submitted with letter of 26 June 2019.