T 1149/23 (COATED STEEL STRIPS/ArcelorMittal) of 13.03.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T114923.20250313
- Date of decision
- 13 March 2025
- Case number
- T 1149/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 17192410.3
- IPC class
- C21D 9/46B32B 15/00
- 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
- COATED STEEL STRIPS AND USING THE SAME, STAMPING BLANKS PREPARED FROM THE SAME, STAMPED PRODUCTS PREPARED FROM THE SAME, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE WHICH CONTAIN SUCH A STAMPED PRODUCT
- Applicant name
- ArcelorMittal
- Opponent name
- Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - main request (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0823/96
- 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 following documents:
- Description:
paragraphs 1 to 34 and 36 to 101 of the patent as granted and
paragraph 35 as submitted during the oral proceedings of 13 March 2025;
- Claims:
claims 1-8 according to the sole request, submitted as auxiliary request 21 with the statement of grounds of appeal;
- Figures:
figures 1-7 of the patent as granted.