T 1996/23 of 11.11.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T199623.20251111
- Date of decision
- 11 November 2025
- Case number
- T 1996/23
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 17704737.0
- 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
- FURNACE ASSEMBLY FOR A METAL-MAKING PROCESS
- Applicant name
- ABB Schweiz AG
Tenova S.p.A. - Opponent name
- DANIELI & C.
OFFICINE MECCANICHE SpA - Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Oral submissions of an accompanying person - no - Catchword
- -
- 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:
- claims 1 to 11 of the main request, filed on 18 May 2022
- description and figures as granted