T 0081/14 () of 12.3.2015

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T008114.20150312
Date of decision: 12 March 2015
Case number: T 0081/14
Application number: 04765856.2
IPC class: C22C 29/08
B23B 27/14
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: CEMENTED CARBIDE BODY CONTAINING ZIRCONIUM AND NIOBIUM AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
Applicant name: KENNAMETAL INC.
Opponent name: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
Otemachi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku
Board: 3.2.08
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 100(c)
European Patent Convention Art 84
European Patent Convention Art 83
Keywords: Amendments
Claims - product-by-process claims
Sufficiency of disclosure
Catchwords:

When considering the definition of a product in terms of its production process the principles developed in the jurisprudence for the "product-by-process claims" are in general to be applied, also in the case of a claim directed to the use of that product (points 3.2 to 3.7).

Cited decisions:
G 0005/83
G 0002/88
T 0150/82
Citing decisions:
T 2053/13

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