T 0407/00 (Refrigeration composition/ DU PONT DE NEMOURS) of 20.04.2004
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T040700.20040420
- Date of decision
- 20 April 2004
- Case number
- T 0407/00
- Online on
- 5 May 2004
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93916698.9
- IPC class
- C09K 5/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
- Azeotropic compositions of perfluoroethane and trifluoromethane
- Applicant name
- E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
- Opponent name
- Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (no) - disclosure of a process for achieveing a certain purpose by specifying the suitability of a composition for said purpose
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.