European Patent Office

T 2964/18 of 14.06.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T296418.20220614
Date of decision
14 June 2022
Case number
T 2964/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
12798263.5
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
COATING COMPOSITION FOR A FOOD OR BEVERAGE CAN
Applicant name
PPG Industries Ohio Inc.
Opponent name
BASF Coatings GmbH
Evonik Operations GmbH
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
auxiliary request 1 - admitted (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no)
Auxiliary request 4 - admitted (yes)
Auxiliary request 4 - sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Evidence not admitted by the opposition division
Evidence - admitted (no)
Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)
Auxiliary requests after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - admitted (no)
Objections raised at the oral proceedings - exceptional circumstances (no) - admitted (no)
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 on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 4 and a description possibly to be adapted thereto.