T 0451/23 of 25.07.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T045123.20240725
- Date of decision
- 25 July 2024
- Case number
- T 0451/23
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 08866049.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- 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
- SHAPED, FRACTURED ABRASIVE PARTICLE, ABRASIVE ARTICLE USING SAME AND METHOD OF MAKING
- Applicant name
- 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Opponent name
- Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 124(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)
Late-filed evidence - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no)
Late-filed evidence - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)
Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)
Amendment to appeal case - amendment detrimental to procedural economy (yes)
Amendment to appeal case - state of the proceedings
Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion
Amendment to appeal case - admitted (no)
Minutes of oral proceedings - essentials of oral proceedings
Minutes of oral proceedings - request to record statement in the minutes (refused) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
- T 0998/23
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.