T 0176/04 of 30.11.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T017604.20051130
- Date of decision
- 30 November 2005
- Case number
- T 0176/04
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96903211.9
- IPC class
- C07C 19/08
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Process for producing pentafluoroethane and tetrafluorochloroethane
- Applicant name
- DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LIMITED
- Opponent name
- Solvay (Société Anonyme)
RHODIA CHIMIE - Board
- 3.3.10
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main and auxiliary requests I-VII: Inventive step (no) - improvement not credible - no fair comparative tests - reformulation of problem - obvious alternative
Auxiliary request VIII: Amendments (not allowable) - not directly and unambiguously derivable from application as filed - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.