European Patent Office

T 1964/12 of 16.04.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T196412.20150416
Date of decision
16 April 2015
Case number
T 1964/12
Petition for review of
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Application number
99117421.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymer (or its salt), its production process and use, and production process for aqueous maleic salt solution with low impurity content
Applicant name
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
Opponent name
Rohm and Haas Company
BASF SE
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Main request not admitted - claim intentionally restricted before the opposition division
so no right to revert to claim as granted
Auxiliary requests - admitted into the proceedings but lack of novelty
established presumption that unusual parameters do not define a new subject-matter not displaced
unallowable amendment
- late filed objection admitted -
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.