T 0805/00 (Ethylene dichloride/NALCO) of 15.07.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T080500.20030715
- Date of decision
- 15 July 2003
- Case number
- T 0805/00
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 92303196.7
- IPC class
- C07C 19/045
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Process for preventing fouling in the production of ethylene dichloride
- Applicant name
- ONDEO NALCO ENERGY SERVICES, L.P.
- Opponent name
- BetzDearborn, Inc.
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Late filed evidence (not admitted) - lack of relevance
Prior use (no) - no pertinent evidence about the chemical structure of the product used
Main request: inventive step (no) - obvious solution - no deterrent teaching
Auxiliary request: concurring requests of Appellant and Respondent for maintenance on that basis - 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 maintain the patent on the basis of the auxiliary request submitted on 17 June 2003 and a description yet to be adapted.