European Patent Office

T 0470/98 of 18.11.2002

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T047098.20021118
Date of decision
18 November 2002
Case number
T 0470/98
Petition for review of
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Application number
88108798.5
IPC class
C21D 8/02
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Hot rolled steel sheet with a high strength and a distinguished formability
Applicant name
Nippon Steel Corporation
Opponent name
Corus UK Limited
Corus Staal BV
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Sufficiency (yes)
Re-establishment of rights (allowed)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The proprietor's request for re-establishment of rights is allowed and its notice of appeal is considered as having been filed in due time.

2. The decision under appeal is set aside.

3. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of claims 1 to 12 and page 4 of the description, all submitted at the oral proceedings, the rest of the description as granted and the figures as granted.