European Patent Office

T 2114/19 (Electrical steel plate/Baoshan) of 02.03.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T211419.20220302
Date of decision
2 March 2022
Case number
T 2114/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
12871249.4
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
NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL PLATE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR
Applicant name
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
Opponent name
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)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(2)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - public prior use (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 0364/20

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 on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 1 as filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal and a description to be adapted if necessary.