T 0094/23 (Steel Sheet For Radiation Heating/Nippon Steel) of 25.02.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T009423.20260225
- Date of decision
- 25 February 2026
- Case number
- T 0094/23
- Online on
- 20 May 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10806517.8
- IPC class
- B21D 24/00C21D 8/04C21D 9/00C22C 38/02C22C 38/04C23C 4/04C21D 1/34C21D 1/70C22C 38/06C23C 4/18B21D 22/20C22C 38/00C22C 38/14C23C 26/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
- 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
- STEEL SHEET FOR RADIATION HEATING, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND STEEL PROCESSED PRODUCT HAVING PORTION WITH DIFFERENT STRENGTH AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
- Applicant name
- Nippon Steel Corporation
- Opponent name
- Autotech Engineering S.L.
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)European Patent Convention Art 112
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.