European Patent Office

T 1629/21 (Dephosphorization using lime compacts/Lhoist) of 08.09.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162921.20230908
Date of decision
8 September 2023
Case number
T 1629/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
16700195.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
PROCESS FOR DEPHOSPHORIZATION OF MOLTEN METAL DURING A REFINING PROCESS
Applicant name
S.A. Lhoist Recherche et Développement
Opponent name
Fels Vertriebs- und Service GmbH & Co. KG
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)
Keywords
Amendment to appeal case - taken into account (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0706/95
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 main request as resubmitted on 1 September 2023, and the description to be adapted.