European Patent Office

T 1445/22 of 28.03.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T144522.20240328
Date of decision
28 March 2024
Case number
T 1445/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
17199383.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
Abstract on EPC2000 Art 114(2)
Application title
MAN-MADE VITREOUS FIBRES
Applicant name
ROCKWOOL A/S
Opponent name
Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Late-filed evidence - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no)
Late-filed evidence - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)
Late-filed evidence - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)
Late-filed facts and evidence
Late-filed facts - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.