European Patent Office

T 1778/21 (Zone coated catalyst/ENGELHARD) of 25.01.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T177821.20240125
Date of decision
25 January 2024
Case number
T 1778/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
13178810.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
ZONE COATED CATALYST TO SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCE NOX AND UNREACTED AMMONIA
Applicant name
ENGELHARD CORPORATION
Opponent name
Umicore AG & Co. KG
JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)
Keywords
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Admittance of additional experimental data (yes)
Objection sufficiently substantiated (no) - admitted (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.