T 1888/21 of 12.04.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T188821.20240412
- Date of decision
- 12 April 2024
- Case number
- T 1888/21
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 16768940.5
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- POLYETHYLENE FOR INJECTION MOLDING AND MOLDED ARTICLE USING SAME
- Applicant name
- Japan Polyethylene Corporation
- Opponent name
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step (no)
Inventive step - obvious modification (main request and auxiliary requests 2, 4 to 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21 to 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36 and 38)
Exception to the principle of prohibition of reformatio in peius (no) - admittance of auxiliary requests 1, 3, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 25, 27, 30, 32, 35 and 37 to the proceedings (no) - Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
- T 1902/23
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.