T 0655/23 of 21.03.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T065523.20250321
- Date of decision
- 21 March 2025
- Case number
- T 0655/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11702586.6
- 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
- Process for the production of a container from a planar composite with a multiple inner layer by hot folding
- Applicant name
- SIG Services AG
- Opponent name
- Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA
- Board
- 3.2.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention Art 114(1)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 103(1)(a)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step
Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem
Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (no)
Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation (yes)
Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes) - 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 for further prosecution.
3. The appeal fee is reimbursed.