European Patent Office

T 1937/23 (Urea production plant/CASALE) of 28.11.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T193723.20251128
Date of decision
28 November 2025
Case number
T 1937/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
18719213.3
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
PROCESS AND PLANT FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF UREA
Applicant name
Casale SA
Opponent name
Stamicarbon B.V.
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)
Keywords
Main request: novelty and inventive step - (yes)
Consultation of the description and the drawings of the patent when interpreting the claims for assessing patentability requirements (reasons 1.10 to 1.12)
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0001/24
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 following documents:

- claims 1 to 12 according to the main request (originally filed as auxiliary request 1 by letter dated 25 April 2022)

- description: paragraphs 2 to 28 and 30 to 60 of the patent specification and paragraphs 1 and 29 as submitted in the oral proceedings before the board

- drawings: Figures 1 to 3 of the patent specification