T 0169/23 (Geopolymeric additive/SYNTHOS) of 09.01.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T016923.20250109
- Date of decision
- 9 January 2025
- Case number
- T 0169/23
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 17749143.8
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- 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
- USE OF GEOPOLYMERIC ADDITIVE IN COMBINATION WITH NON-BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT IN POLYMER FOAMS
- Applicant name
- Synthos Dwory 7 spolka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia
- Opponent name
- versalis S.p.A.
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 76(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 7 (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request 6 (no) - Catchword
- -
- 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 based on claims 1 to 17 according to auxiliary request 7 submitted as SET C-1 with the letter dated 14 July 2022 and a description and drawings to be adapted where necessary.