T 0876/00 of 29.07.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T087600.20030729
- Date of decision
- 29 July 2003
- Case number
- T 0876/00
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 91912554.2
- IPC class
- C08F 4/76
- 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
- Aluminum-free monocyclopentadienyl metallocene catalysts for olefin polymerization
- Applicant name
- ExxonMobil Chemical Patent Inc.
- Opponent name
- THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. - Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 87 1973European Patent Convention Art 88 1973European Patent Convention Art 89 1973European Patent Convention R 88 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes) - prior European applications
- Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
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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 Main request being the two sets of claims (Claims 1 to 26 for the Contracting States AT, CH, LI, DK, BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE; Claims 1 to 11. for the Contracting State ES) filed as auxiliary request with the letter dated 16 May 2003 and after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.