European Patent Office

T 1164/24 (Process for preparing a powdery organic peroxide formulation/NOURYON) of 11.05.2026

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T116424.20260511
Date of decision
11 May 2026
Case number
T 1164/24
Online on
10 July 2026
Petition for review of
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Application number
18816069.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
PROCESS FOR PREPARING A POWDERY ORGANIC PEROXIDE FORMULATION
Applicant name
Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.
Opponent name
United Initiators GmbH
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)European Patent Convention R 99(2)
Keywords
Admissibility of appeal (yes)
Claims - claim interpretation
Claims - examples covered by the claim (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

- The decision under appeal is set aside.

- The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the following documents:

Claims: claims 1 to 12 of auxiliary request IV filed with the patentee's reply to the notice of opposition

Description: paragraphs 1 to 84 as filed in the oral proceedings before the board