European Patent Office

T 0580/24 (Steel Sheet Member/JFE) of 26.06.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T058024.20250626
Date of decision
26 June 2025
Case number
T 0580/24
Petition for review of
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Application number
18876175.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
HOT-PRESSED STEEL SHEET MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
Applicant name
JFE Steel Corporation
Opponent name
ArcelorMittal
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - fresh ground
Sufficiency of disclosure - admitted (no)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Late-filed facts and evidence
Late-filed facts - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed facts - admitted (no)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.