T 0471/21 (Metal recovery/Sumitomo Metal Mining) of 25.05.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T047121.20230525
- Date of decision
- 25 May 2023
- Case number
- T 0471/21
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11876580.9
- IPC class
- C22B 7/00H01M 10/54C22B 23/02
- 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 FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL
- Applicant name
- Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Berton, Anthony Christian Jacques
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
Sufficiency of disclosure - (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 Opposition Division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the second auxiliary request as submitted on 3 December 2020, and the description to be adapted.