European Patent Office

T 1674/22 of 22.11.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T167422.20241122
Date of decision
22 November 2024
Case number
T 1674/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
12820003.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
ADHESIVES AND USE THEREOF
Applicant name
Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
Opponent name
Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 103(1)(a)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Right to be heard - violation (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)
Reimbursement of appeal fee - absence of causal link between substantial procedural violation and filing of appeal
Main request - Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no) - obvious alternative
Amendment to case - reasons for submitting auxiliary requests 1 to 3 in appeal proceedings (no)
Amendment to case - reasons for submitting evidence in appeal proceedings (yes in part)
Auxiliary requests 4 to 7 - Inventive step (no) - obvious alternative
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.