T 0189/02 (Precipitated calcium carbonate/CIBA) of 16.02.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T018902.20050216
- Date of decision
- 16 February 2005
- Case number
- T 0189/02
- Online on
- 25 April 2005
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96901357.2
- IPC class
- D21H 21/16
- 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
- A method for increasing the hydrophobicity of printing papers and a hydrophobe composition for the method
- Applicant name
- Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 109 1973European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step: main request (no) - covers embodiments for which no effects have been shown; obvious combination of prior art for providing a further method
Inventive step: first auxiliary request (yes) - no reason to combine particular parts of the prior art in the expectation of improvement - 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 grant a patent on the basis of:
Claims:
Nos. 1 to 12 according to the first auxiliary request submitted under cover of the letter dated 10 February 2005,
Description:
pages 1, 3, 4 and 13 submitted during oral proceedings,
pages 3a, 9 and 12 submitted under cover of the letter dated 7 January 2005,
pages 5 and 11 submitted under cover of the letter dated 17 September 2004 and
pages 2, 6, 7, 8 and 10 as originally filed.