T 0831/22 (Shaft furnace/MIDREX) of 16.04.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T083122.20240416
- Date of decision
- 16 April 2024
- Case number
- T 0831/22
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 13843707.4
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- METHODS FOR ENHANCING BURDEN UNIFORMITY IN A COMBINATION REFORMING/REDUCING SHAFT FURNACE
- Applicant name
- Midrex Technologies, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. / Tenova S.p.A.
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious modification - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0574/17
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.