European Patent Office

T 1713/23 of 14.11.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T171323.20251114
Date of decision
14 November 2025
Case number
T 1713/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
15723620.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
HIGH PERFORMANCE MOISTURE BARRIER FILMS AT LOWER DENSITIES
Applicant name
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Opponent name
SABIC Global Technologies B.V. /
SABIC Petrochemicals B.V.
TotalEnergies OneTech Belgium
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty - main request
Novelty - public prior use (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 1711/16
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 on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 3 filed with the statement of grounds of appeal of appellant 1 after adaptation of the description if necessary.