T 0215/03 (Lubricity additives/EXXONMOBIL) of 18.11.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T021503.20051118
- Date of decision
- 18 November 2005
- Case number
- T 0215/03
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96903973.4
- IPC class
- C10L 1/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Additives and fuel oil compositions
- Applicant name
- ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. et al.
- Opponent name
- 01: Ethyl Corporation
02: The Associated Octel Comp. Ltd. - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 55(c) 1973
- Keywords
- Late-filed material - admitted (no): abuse of procedure and violation of the principles of fairness (1.2 to 1.4 and 1.8
Late-filed material - admitted (yes): mentioned in patent as relevant prior art or occasioned by contested decision or point raised by a party (1.5 to 1.7)
Main request and first to third auxiliary requests: inventive step (no)
Fourth auxiliary request: added subject-matter (no), clarity (yes), enabling disclosure (yes), novelty (yes), inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeals are dismissed.