European Patent Office

T 0002/23 of 15.01.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T000223.20250115
Date of decision
15 January 2025
Case number
T 0002/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
17158172.1
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
ANTIFOG SEALANT COMPOSITION AND COEXTRUDED MULTILAYER POLYESTER FILM INCLUDING THE SAME
Applicant name
Cryovac, LLC
Opponent name
Balder IP Law, S.L.
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European 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 013(2)
Keywords
Inventive step - Main request and Auxiliary request set A (no); Auxiliary request set B (yes)
Amendment to case - Auxiliary request set A
Amendment to case - admitted (yes)
Amendment after expiry of period in R. 100(2) EPC communication - Auxiliary request set B
Amendment after expiry of period in R. 100(2) EPC communication - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 1179/16
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 on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request Set B, filed with letter of 13 December 2024 after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.