T 0406/00 (Refrigerant/DAIKIN) of 08.10.2002

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T040600.20021008
Date of decision: 8 October 2002
Case number: T 0406/00
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 94110634.6
IPC class: C09K 5/04
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: Distributed to board chairmen (C)
Download: Decision in English
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Application title: Refrigerant
Applicant name: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LIMITED
Opponent name: (01) Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
(02) AUSIMONT S.p.A.
Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
Keywords: Main request: inventive step (no) - formulation of the problem vis-à-vis the closest prior art without redundancies - obvious choice within the ambit of closest prior art
Auxiliary request: amendment (not allowable) - purpose of use claim not directly derivable
Catchword: -
Cited cases: G 0009/91 T 0249/88 T 0789/89 T 0288/92 T 0680/93 T 1053/93
Citing cases: -

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.