European Patent Office

T 1556/20 (Increased brightness pigment/THIELE KAOLIN) of 08.12.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T155620.20221208
Date of decision
8 December 2022
Case number
T 1556/20
Petition for review of
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Application number
14187149.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Composite pigments
Applicant name
THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY
Opponent name
Omya International AG
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Amendments - combination of features taken from different examples
Admissibility of auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (no) - requests already not admitted by the opposition division
Admissibility of auxiliary requests 6 to 9 (no) - filing of additional auxiliary requests in appeal not justified
Infringement of the right to be heard (no) - Refusal of the opposition division to postpone oral proceedings since the proprietor's technical expert could not attend
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.