T 1865/22 du 21.10.2024
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T186522.20241021
- Date de la décision
- 21 octobre 2024
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 1865/22
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 17720839.4
- Classe de la CIB
- C09D 9/00
- 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
- Résumé de Article 056 EPC
- Titre de la demande
- A NON-AQUEOUS STRIPPING COMPOSITION AND A METHOD OF STRIPPING AN ORGANIC COATING FROM A SUBSTRATE
- Nom du demandeur
- Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Nom de l'opposant
- CHEMETALL GmbH
- Chambre
- 3.3.02
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 106Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Mots-clés
- Inventive step
Amendment to appeal case
Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed - Exergue
- The mere fact that claimed subject-matter excludes a technical feature disclosed in the closest prior art as being essential or advantageous for a technical effect cannot in itself establish the existence of an inventive step. Rather, where the exclusion of the technical feature in question is the only feature distinguishing the claimed subject-matter from the closest prior art, it must be shown that the claimed subject-matter achieves said technical effect to an extent comparable to that of the closest prior art, even without this feature. Without such proof, the claimed subject-matter merely results in an obvious deterioration of the technical effect described in the closest prior art (see point 5.3 of the Reasons).
- Affaires citées
- G 0002/21
- Affaires citantes
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.