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
Online on
21 February 2025
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 R 103(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European 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 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.