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
- -
- Application number
- 87304792.2
- IPC class
- B32B 27/32
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Sealable films
- Applicant name
- EXXON CHEMICAL PATENTS INC.
- Opponent name
- HOECHST Aktiengesellschaft Werk Kalle-Albert
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 114(1) 1973
- 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.