European Patent Office

T 1270/23 of 11.02.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T127023.20250211
Date of decision
11 February 2025
Case number
T 1270/23
Online on
19 February 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
14815889.2
IPC class
B02C 17/16
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
VERTICAL GRINDING MILL WITH AN AGITATOR MEANS
Applicant name
Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.
Opponent name
Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co KG
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Main request - no objections - inventive (yes) - allowable (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 with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:

Claims:

nos. 1 to 7 of the main request filed as

auxiliary request 2 with letter

dated 12 September 2023;

Description:

paragraphs 1 to 12,

14 to 23,

25 to 32 and

34 to 44 of the patent specification,

paragraphs 13, 24 and

33 filed during the oral

proceedings before the board on

11 February 2025

Drawings:

figures 1 to 6 of the patent specification.