T 0600/24 (AMMONIA REMOVAL WITH MEMRBANE AERATED BIOFILM SIDESTREAM/ BL Technologies) of 24.10.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T060024.20251024
- Date of decision
- 24 October 2025
- Case number
- T 0600/24
- Online on
- 30 October 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 18727623.3
- 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
- PRETREATMENT TO REMOVE AMMONIA FROM HIGH STRENGTH WASTEWATER WITH MEMRBANE AERATED BIOFILM SIDESTREAM
- Applicant name
- BL Technologies, Inc.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited 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 examining division with the order to grant a patent based on the main request, filed on 4 September 2025, and a description to be adapted to the new claims, also reflecting the state of the art of D2 and D4.