European Patent Office

T 1265/17 (Nanocellulose/Kemira Oyj) du 16.12.2021

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126517.20211216
Date de la décision
16 décembre 2021
Numéro de l'affaire
T 1265/17
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
09174967.1
Classe de la CIB
D21H 21/10
Langue de la procédure
Anglais
Distribution
Non distribuées (D)
Téléchargement
Décision en anglais
Versions JO
Aucun lien JO trouvé
Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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Résumés pour cette décision
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Titre de la demande
Process for production of paper
Nom du demandeur
Kemira Oyj
Nom de l'opposant
Stora Enso AB OYJ
Hoffmann Eitle
SOLENIS LLC
Chambre
3.3.06
Sommaire
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Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Mots-clés
New explanation not regarded as an amended case
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Exergue
If a claim is unduly broadened with respect to the scope of the examples used to illustrate a technical effect, particularly when this broadening concerns the feature/s allegedly providing that effect, the burden of proof might shift back to the proprietor to prove that the effect observed in the examples would also be obtained throughout the entire scope of the claims. If no evidence is provided in this respect, a conclusion may have to be drawn on the basis of plausibility arguments (reasons 2.2.5-2.2.7).
Affaires citées
T 2579/11
Affaires citantes
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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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of claims 1 to 8 according to auxiliary request 1 submitted with the letter dated 21 December 2017 and a description to be adapted where appropriate.