T 0621/23 of 10.01.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T062123.20250110
- Date of decision
- 10 January 2025
- Case number
- T 0621/23
- Online on
- 17 March 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14712085.1
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGER WITH CORROSION RESISTANT COATING
- Applicant name
- Carrier Corporation
- Opponent name
- Helbig, Christian, Dr.
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 87(1)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Novelty - prior European application
Novelty - (yes)
Priority - first application
Priority - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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 case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form based on
- the claims of auxiliary request 2 as filed with the
reply to the grounds of appeal of 12 October 2023,
- page 3 to 5 of the specification as granted and
- amended page 2 of the description as filed on
10 January 2025 during the oral proceedings before the Board and
- Figures 1 to 4 of the specification.