T 1340/10 (Ceramic Aggregates/3M) of 22.5.2013

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T134010.20130522
Date of decision: 22 May 2013
Case number: T 1340/10
Application number: 01981411.0
IPC class: C09K 3/14
B24D 3/00
C04B 35/10
B24D 11/02
B24D 3/02
B24D 3/04
B24D 3/28
B24D 3/34
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: D
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: CERAMIC AGGREGATE PARTICLES
Applicant name: 3M Innovative Properties Company
Opponent name: Center for Abrasives & Refractories
Saint—Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
Board: 3.3.05
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 56
European Patent Convention Art 108
European Patent Convention Art 113
European Patent Convention R 111(2)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11
Keywords: Substantial procedural violation (yes): lack of substantiation of one of the grounds for opposition; decision invalidated
Remittal (no) - length of the proceedings
Inventive step (main and auxiliary requests): no - obvious combination of features known from a prior art document
Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:
G 0009/92
G 0004/93
T 0144/94
T 0017/97
T 0012/03
T 0641/07
Citing decisions:
T 0049/13
T 0713/14

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