T 0013/04 (Spherulitic detergent/HUNTSMAN) of 26.10.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T001304.20051026
- Date of decision
- 26 October 2005
- Case number
- T 0013/04
- Online on
- 27 February 2006
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 94107220.9
- IPC class
- C11D 3/37
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
- Aqueous based surfactant compositions
- Applicant name
- Huntsman International LLC
- Opponent name
- Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes): superior property of the claimed composition vis-à-vis the prior art stated in the granted patent - no convincing arguments to the contrary
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
(a) The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the First Instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following documents:
1 - claims 1 to 20 filed with letter of 25 September 2002 (main request)
2 - a description to be adapted.
(b) The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee is rejected.