T 0072/04 (Pulp heating/KVAERNER) of 23.3.2006

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T007204.20060323
Date of decision: 23 March 2006
Case number: T 0072/04
Application number: 96908411.0
IPC class: D21C 9/10
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 88 KB)
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Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Method and apparatus for heating and pressuring a fibre pulp suspension during transportation to a bleaching reactor
Applicant name: Kvaerner Pulping AB
Opponent name: Sulzer Pumps Finland Oy
Andritz Oy
Metso Paper Sundsvall AB
Board: 3.3.06
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 114
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 R 57a
Keywords: Admissibility of new requests (yes) - amendments not changing the scope of the claims as filed with the statement of grounds of appeal and made in good faith to overcome objections raised against the latter
Sufficiency (yes) - contradictory assertions of the parties; benefit of doubt is given to patent proprietor
Inventive step (yes) - hind-sight analysis
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