European Patent Office

T 0139/01 of 12.05.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T013901.20050512
Date of decision
12 May 2005
Case number
T 0139/01
Online on
8 July 2005
Petition for review of
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Application number
92903433.8
IPC class
B32B 1/04
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Oxygen-absorbing label
Applicant name
Multisorb Technologies, Inc.
Opponent name
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Keywords
Added subject-matter: Extension of protection (no)
Inventive step: Main request (no), obviousness by combination of closest prior art with two documents lying in different technical fields
Inventive step: First auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 Claims 1 to 7 of the first auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings, after any necessary consequential amendment of the description and the drawings.