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Date of decision
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25 August 2006
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Case number
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T 0070/04
- 3.2.07
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Application number
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96927908.2
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Title of the application
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Primary cooling method in continuously annealing steel strip
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Applicant name
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NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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Opponent name
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Drever International S.A.
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Keywords
Inventive step (no)
Auxiliary request filed at the end of the oral proceedings (not
admitted)
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Catchwords:
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An auxiliary request for maintenance of the patent in a further
amended form was not admitted, with reference inter alia to
Article 10b(3) of the Rule of Procedure of the Baords of Appeal,
see point 3 of the reasons.
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