T 1178/20 of 24.03.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T117820.20230324
- Date of decision
- 24 March 2023
- Case number
- T 1178/20
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 12881172.6
- IPC class
- C08F 210/16B29K 23/00B32B 27/20C08J 5/18B32B 27/32C08L 23/08C08L 23/06B29L 9/00C08F 4/659B29C 55/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR CAST FILM
- Applicant name
- Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Opponent name
- Borealis AG
TotalEnergies OneTech Belgium - Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1-2 (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 3 (yes) - Catchword
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- 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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of claim 1 of the third auxiliary request and after any necessary consequential amendments of the description.