T 0655/19 of 16.03.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T065519.20220316
- Date of decision
- 16 March 2022
- Case number
- T 0655/19
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11708770.0
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- USE OF A CURABLE POLYORGANOSILOXANE COMPOSITION AS AN ENCAPSULANT FOR A SOLAR CELL MODULE
- Applicant name
- Momentive Performance Materials GmbH
- Opponent name
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - 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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims of the main request (claims 1-14) filed with letter of 7 March 2022 and after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.