T 0594/20 of 30.06.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T059420.20220630
- Date of decision
- 30 June 2022
- Case number
- T 0594/20
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 14194891.9
- 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
- Method of producing a containerboard from pulp comprising NSSC pulp and corrugated board
- Applicant name
- BillerudKorsnäs AB
- Opponent name
- Mondi AG
International Paper Company (opposition withdrawn)
Smurfit Kappa Ireland Limited
Stora Enso Oyj (opposition withdrawn) - Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 115(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(3)
- Keywords
- Right to be heard - non-attendance at oral proceedings
Oral proceedings - held in absence of party
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal of opponent 1 is dismissed.
2. The decision under appeal is set aside.
3. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Claims
No. 1 to 8 filed as main request with the
statement setting out the grounds of
appeal of 12 June 2020;
Description, Pages
2 to 7 filed during the oral proceedings of
30 June 2022;
Drawings, Figures
No. 1 to 11 of the patent specification.