T 1868/23 (Nickel Plating/Atotech) of 15.05.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T186823.20250515
- Date of decision
- 15 May 2025
- Case number
- T 1868/23
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 19795239.3
- 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
- ELECTROLESS NICKEL PLATING SOLUTION
- Applicant name
- Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Opponent name
- MacDermid, Incorporated
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (no)
Amendments - allowable (no)
Late-filed request - no longer maintained in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - Catchword
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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 patent is revoked.