T 0836/02 (Nitrile/MITSUBISHI) of 01.06.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T083602.20050601
- Date of decision
- 1 June 2005
- Case number
- T 0836/02
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 96115484.6
- IPC class
- C07C 235/24
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Method for producing a nitrile
- Applicant name
- Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
- Opponent name
- Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main and auxiliary request: inventive step (no) - improvement not credible - no fair comparative tests - alternative method - arbitrary selection
- Catchword
- -
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.