T 0912/03 (3-Isochromanone/SYNGENTA) of 13.12.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T091203.20051213
- Date of decision
- 13 December 2005
- Case number
- T 0912/03
- Online on
- 1 February 2006
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 99940396.7
- IPC class
- C07D 311/76
- 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
- Process for preparing 3-Isochromanone
- Applicant name
- Syngenta Limited
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (yes) - directly and unambiguously disclosed
Novelty (yes) - claimed process not specifically disclosed"
Inventive step (yes) - non obvious improved process over the structurally most closely related process disclosed in the prior art - 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 Department of first instance with the order to grant a patent with the claims 1 to 9 as submitted during the oral proceedings before the Board.