T 0476/21 (jig electrolytic stripper/Okuno) of 07.12.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047621.20221207
- Date of decision
- 7 December 2022
- Case number
- T 0476/21
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 16764540.7
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- USE OF A JIG ELECTROLYTIC STRIPPER FOR REMOVING PALLADIUM FROM AN OBJECT AND A METHOD FOR REMOVING PALLADIUM
- Applicant name
- Okuno Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
MacDermid, Incorporated - Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)
- Keywords
- Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Auxiliary request - admissibly filed and maintained - Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
- T 0246/22
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 claims 1 to 9 according to the first auxiliary request submitted with the reply to the appeal and the amended description submitted during the oral proceedings before the board.