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
- -
- Application number
- 16810434.7
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- 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
- -
- 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
- -
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.