T 0592/15 (Polymeric core-shell nanoparticles/BRIDGESTONE) of 26.11.2018

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T059215.20181126
Date of decision: 26 November 2018
Case number: T 0592/15
Application number: 07813483.0
IPC class: C01D 7/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: POLYMERIC CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES WITH INTERPHASE REGION
Applicant name: Bridgestone Corporation
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.05
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 76(1)
European Patent Convention R 36(1)
European Patent Convention R 43(2)(c)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords: Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant
Main and auxiliary requests include three independent method claims - appellant's burden to show compliance with Rule 43(2) EPC (yes)
Late-filed requests
Late-filed request - introduce new objections (yes)
Late-filed request - admitted (no)
Request to postpone the taking of the decision on the allowability of the appeal at least until a divisional application is filed (refused)
Catchwords:

A request to postpone the taking of the decision on the allowability of an appeal at least until a divisional application is filed would oblige a board to examine questions outside of the framework of the appeal concerned and is therefore to be refused (see Reasons 4 to 4.5).

Cited decisions:
G 0004/98
J 0005/08
T 0056/01
T 0502/02
T 1388/10
Citing decisions:
-

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