European Patent Office

T 0135/24 of 14.01.2026

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T013524.20260114
Date of decision
14 January 2026
Case number
T 0135/24
Online on
9 April 2026
Petition for review of
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Application number
13789295.6
IPC class
C08G 75/23
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
POLYARYLENE ETHER SULFONES
Applicant name
Syensqo Specialty Polymers USA, LLC
Opponent name
BASF SE
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 111(1)
Keywords
Statut of a document admitted before the opposition division and forming the basis for the decision - in the appeal proceedings (yes)
New document submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes)
Submission concerning an additional distinguishing feature over the closest prior art - admitted in the appeal proceedings (yes) - no need for a remittal
Inventive step - obvious further process and its optimization (all requests)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The decision under appeal is set aside.

The patent is revoked.