European Patent Office

T 1697/12 vom 18.09.2014

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T169712.20140918
Datum der Entscheidung
18. September 2014
Aktenzeichen
T 1697/12
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
96943288.9
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
WATER ABSORBENT AND PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
Name des Antragstellers
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
Name des Einsprechenden
Evonik Degussa GmbH
BASF SE
Kammer
3.3.09
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 99(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Schlagwörter
Admissibility of request - request withdrawn before the opposition division
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - clarity
Sufficiency of disclosure
Patentable invention
Novelty
Inventive step
Late-filed document
Orientierungssatz
Sufficiency of claims with open-ended parameter ranges (point 5.5 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 claims 1 to 9, according to auxiliary request 12 as filed during the oral proceedings of 18 September 2014, and after any necessary consequential adaptation of the description and the drawings.