European Patent Office

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
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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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.