European Patent Office

T 2246/22 of 05.12.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T224622.20241205
Date of decision
5 December 2024
Case number
T 2246/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
16810434.7
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
METHOD TO PROTECT HEAT TREATED STEEL PRODUCTS AGAINST OXIDATION AND DECARBURISATION
Applicant name
Tata Steel UK Limited
Opponent name
ArcelorMittal
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
Late-filed request
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0003/14
Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form with:

- claims 1 to 13 of auxiliary request 1 as filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal, and

- a description and drawings to be adapted thereto, if appropriate.