T 0217/03 (Low foaming APG/AKZO NOBEL) of 02.03.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T021703.20050302
- Date of decision
- 2 March 2005
- Case number
- T 0217/03
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 94911332.8
- IPC class
- C07H 15/04
- 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
- Alkyl glucoside and use thereof
- Applicant name
- Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry Aktiebolag
- Opponent name
- CONDEA AUGUSTA S.p.A.
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Admissibility of disclaimer (main request) - no: anticipation not accidental
Novelty (auxiliary request) - yes: indication of purpose being technical feature of the use claim
Inventive step (auxiliary request) - yes: selected class of surfactants having unexpected combination of properties - Catchword
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- Citing cases
- G 0001/16
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 department with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:
- claims: 1 to 13 of the first auxiliary request submitted on 28 July 2003;
- description: pages 2 and 5 as submitted during oral proceedings and pages 3 and 4 as granted.