T 0200/04 (Anti-fouling composition/BASF NOF) of 24.10.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T020004.20061024
- Date of decision
- 24 October 2006
- Case number
- T 0200/04
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 97106277.3
- IPC class
- C09D 5/16
- 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
- Coating composition
- Applicant name
- BASF NOF Coatings Co., Ltd., et al
- Opponent name
- Chugoku Marine Paints Limited
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 69 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention R 57a 1973
- Keywords
- Main and first auxiliary request: inventive step (no) - obvious solution
Second auxiliary request: amendment - extending beyond the protection conferred by the patent as granted (yes)
Third auxiliary request: amendment occasioned by grounds of opposition (yes); supported by the application as originally filed (no) - inadmissible generalization of examples
Fourth auxiliary request: inventive step (no) - obvious solution - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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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.