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
- IPC class
- C08J 3/00D21H 25/04B29C 70/12D21H 27/10D21D 1/20D21H 13/14D21H 13/20C08L 1/08C08L 1/02B42D 25/29D21H 21/40D21H 23/04D21H 13/24B29K 401/00D21H 13/12C08L 67/04B29K 67/00D21H 11/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- -
- 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
- -
- 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.