European Patent Office

T 2172/21 of 22.04.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T217221.20240422
Date of decision
22 April 2024
Case number
T 2172/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
07100920.3
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 making foundry shaped cores and for casting metals
Applicant name
ARKEMA FRANCE
Opponent name
Bröcher, Dirk Joachim
BASF SE
Board
3.2.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim
Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem
Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020
Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (yes)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1639/23

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.