European Patent Office

T 0553/11 vom 19.03.2013

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T055311.20130319
Datum der Entscheidung
19. März 2013
Aktenzeichen
T 0553/11
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
00102987.5
IPC-Klasse
C08J 3/12
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Water-absorbent resin powder and its production process and use
Name des Antragstellers
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
Name des Einsprechenden
BASF SE
Kammer
3.3.09
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Sufficiency of disclosure - no (main request), yes (first auxiliary request)
Inventive step - yes (first auxiliary request)
Orientierungssatz
Embodiments that are covered by the scope of a claim on its ordinary reading are not to be regarded as excluded merely because it can be deduced from the description that they are not workable (point 2.3 of the Reasons).

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of:

(a) claims 1 to 6 according to the first auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings of 19 March 2013;

(b) pages numbered 2 to 13, and 24 of the amended description as filed during the said oral proceedings and pages numbered 14 to 23 as granted;

(c) figures 1 to 9 as granted.