T 0298/23 of 30.01.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T029823.20250130
- Date of decision
- 30 January 2025
- Case number
- T 0298/23
- Online on
- 19 February 2025
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 10823928.6
- IPC class
- E21B 17/042F16L 15/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- WEDGE THREADS WITH A SOLID LUBRICANT COATING
- Applicant name
- Hydril Company
- Opponent name
- VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)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(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(1)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - novelty (yes)
Grounds for opposition - inventive step (yes)
Admittance of documents with statement of grounds of appeal - D13, D14, D16 (yes), D15 (no)
Admittance of submissions and document after Art. 15(1) RPBA communication (no) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 2350/16
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The opposition is rejected.