T 0299/00 of 10.11.2004
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T029900.20041110
- Date of decision
- 10 November 2004
- Case number
- T 0299/00
- Online on
- 13 December 2004
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 95100967.9
- IPC class
- B01D 53/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- VSA adsorption process with continuous operation
- Applicant name
- AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Exclusion of hindsight - Catchword
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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 grant a patent with the following documents:
- claims 1 to 9 filed with the letter of 26 May 2004
- description pages 1 to 4 and 6 to 15 filed with the Grounds of Appeal dated 24 February 2000,
- description page 5 filed with the letter of 26 May 2004.
- drawing sheet 1/1 as originally filed