T 0117/24 of 06.11.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T011724.20251106
- Date of decision
- 6 November 2025
- Case number
- T 0117/24
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 17883493.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- HOT PRESS FORMING PLATED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT IMPACT PROPERTY, HOT PRESS MOLDING MEMBER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
- Applicant name
- Posco
- Opponent name
- ArcelorMittal
- Board
- 3.2.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 13(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)
- Keywords
- Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - mere deletion of claims
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Novelty - prior disclosure
Novelty - implicit features (no)
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - comparative example as starting point
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - comparative example as starting point - 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 case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:
Claims:
- No. 1 to 9 according to auxiliary request 1a filed during oral proceedings before the Board