T 2026/20 of 12.09.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T202620.20220912
- Date of decision
- 12 September 2022
- Case number
- T 2026/20
- Online on
- 15 September 2022
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11764408.8
- IPC class
- E21B 43/16E21B 43/40E21B 36/02
- 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 USING CARBON DIOXIDE IN RECOVERY OF FORMATION DEPOSITS
- Applicant name
- 8 Rivers Capital, LLC
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (yes)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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.
1.1 The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to grant a European patent on the basis of the main request:
- Claims:
1-16 filed with letter dated 31 August 2022
- Description
- pages 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30-34, 39,
41-43
filed with letter dated 31 August 2022
- pages 1, 4, 8, 10
filed for the Main request with letter dated
23 April 2020
- page 1a
filed with letter dated 11 April 2019
- pages 5a, 20, 20a, 25, 25a
filed with letter dated 8 September 2014
- pages 2, 3, 6, 13, 15-17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 27-
29, 35-38, 40, 44-57
as originally filed
- Figures
1 - 4 as originally filed