T 0540/01 (Butyleneglycol/DAICEL) of 05.11.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T054001.20031105
- Date of decision
- 5 November 2003
- Case number
- T 0540/01
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93402815.0
- IPC class
- C07C 29/38
- 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 the preparation of 1,3-butylene glycol
- Applicant name
- Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Celanese International Corporation
- 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 56 1973
- Keywords
- Documents late filed (no) - filed with grounds of appeal
Amendments (allowable)
Inventive step (yes) - closest prior art as acknowledged in the patent specification - fair comparison - technical effect not addressed in prior art - Catchword
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- Cited 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 filed during oral proceedings of 5 November 2003 and a description yet to be adapted.