T 2458/19 (Aluminum pigment/EPSON) of 23.05.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T245819.20230523
- Date of decision
- 23 May 2023
- Case number
- T 2458/19
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10159208.7
- 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
- Water-resistant aluminum pigment, water-resistant aluminum pigment dispersion, aqueous ink composition containing the aforementioned, and method for producing water-resistant aluminum pigment dispersion
- Applicant name
- Seiko Epson Corporation
- Opponent name
- ECKART GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 2170/14
- Citing cases
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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 in amended form based on the claims of auxiliary request 2 filed with the reply of 3 March 2020 and a description to be adapted where appropriate.