Updates on EPC, PCT, EPO case law and the e-EQE

The patent relates to a cleaning agent for removing paint layers on surfaces, method for manufacturing the agent and cleaning method.

The patent results from a divisional application of the parent application EP 08804501/EP 2 195 408. The parent application was filed as a PCT application PCT/EP2008/62573.

Brief outline of the procedure

The opponent appealed the decision of the OD to reject the opposition.

The application relates to an alkali metal super ionic conducting ceramic and is a divisional application of EP 10792537/EP 2 445 846.

Brief outline of the case

The application was refused by the ED and the applicant appealed this decision.

The ED found that the introduction into the application as filed of page 7 of the parent application could not be considered a correction within the meaning of R 139 and therefore infringed Art 123(2).

The patent relates to multimodal polyethylene polymers and process preparing said polymer.

Brief outline of the procedure

The MR and AR1-36 filed in reply to the opposition were considering lacking clarity. AR 37 had no problem with Art 84 or Art 123(2), but lacked N over D6=WO 2007/042216, not mentioned in the ISR established by the EPO.

The present decision goes back to the 2d quarter of 2023. Its importance came to light when it was commented recently in “Le blog du droit européen des brevets”. .

The patent relates to a botulinum toxin assay with improved sensitivity.

Brief outline of the procedure

Claim 1 and 9 as granted were considered lacking sufficiency by the OD.

The patent relates to a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent magnetic characteristics and coating adhesion.

Claim 1 as granted comprised a coating layer A on the steel side and a coating layer B formed on a surface side mainly composed of glass.

Dependent claim 4 mentioned the following parameter: “a coating weight of the coating layer A on the steel sheet side is 1.0-3.0 g/m2 (both sides) as converted to oxygen”