European Patent Office

T 0230/07 (Colloidal binder/PAROC) vom 05.05.2010

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T023007.20100505
Datum der Entscheidung
5. Mai 2010
Aktenzeichen
T 0230/07
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
01947491.5
IPC-Klasse
B01J 13/00
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden und -mitglieder verteilt (B)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Method for the preparation of a colloidal silicate dispersion
Name des Antragstellers
Paroc Oy Ab
Name des Einsprechenden
ROCKWOOL INTERNATIONAL A/S
Kammer
3.3.05
Leitsatz

Novelty and inventive step are two distinct requirements for the patentability of an invention and therefore different criteria should apply for their assessment. So, when assessing novelty of an invention, the presence or absence of a technical effect within a sub-range of numerical values is not to be taken into account in the assessment of novelty.

For establishing novelty of a sub-range of numerical values from a broader range, the selected sub-range should be narrow and sufficiently far removed from the known broader range illustrated by means of examples. A sub-range is not rendered novel by virtue of a newly discovered effect occurring within it.

Reasons 4.1.6.

Schlagwörter
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes): non-obvious alternative
Orientierungssatz
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of claims 1 to 19 of the new main request filed at the oral proceedings, and a description to be adapted accordingly.