European Patent Office

T 0125/93 of 04.12.1996

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T012593.19961204
Date of decision
4 December 1996
Case number
T 0125/93
Petition for review of
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Application number
87304792.2
IPC class
B32B 27/32
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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
Sealable films
Applicant name
EXXON CHEMICAL PATENTS INC.
Opponent name
HOECHST Aktiengesellschaft Werk Kalle-Albert
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Referral back to Opposition Division on account of relevant prior art filed late by the Patentee
Catchword
The legal consequences of the introduction of new facts - here a relevant prior art document - into an appeal, resulting in a shift in the factual framework of the appeal, apply also when the party responsible for the shift is the Patentee, Reasons, points 2.3, 2.4.
Citing cases
T 0155/98

ORDER

for these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. Document D5 is admitted to the proceedings.

3. The case is remitted to the Opposition Division for further prosecution.