European Patent Office

T 0261/19 of 21.01.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026119.20210121
Date of decision
21 January 2021
Case number
T 0261/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
08798832.5
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
POLYURETHANE COATINGS WITH IMPROVED INTERLAYER ADHESION
Applicant name
PRC-DESOTO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Opponent name
Axalta Coating Systems Germany GmbH
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2)
Keywords
Inventive step - closest prior art
Admittance - claim requests
Admittance - late filed allegation of fact (no)
Catchword
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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 with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto: claims 1 to 5 of the eighteenth auxiliary request filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal.