European Patent Office

T 0821/19 (COMPOSITION COMPRISING CELLULOSE FIBERS AND THERMOPLASTIC FIBERS/Södra) of 10.05.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T082119.20220510
Date of decision
10 May 2022
Case number
T 0821/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
13787552.2
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
PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITION COMPRISING CELLULOSE PULP FIBERS AND THERMOPLASTIC FIBERS
Applicant name
Södra Skogsägarna ekonomisk förening
Opponent name
Andritz Küsters GmbH
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Late-filed objection - admitted (yes)
Inventive step (main request and first auxiliary request)
Inventive step - obvious modification (third auxiliary request)
Inventive step - non-obvious modification
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0175/97
Citing cases
T 0939/23

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 in amended form based on claims 1 to 10 of the 3rd auxiliary request filed with the respondent's reply dated 23 September 2019 and a description to be adapted where appropriate.