T 0006/05 (Method for transferring heat/SOLVAY SOLEXIS) of 09.10.2007

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T000605.20071009
Date of decision: 9 October 2007
Case number: T 0006/05
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 96936468.6
IPC class: C09K 5/00
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: -
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: Hydrofluoroethers as low temperature refrigerants
Applicant name: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Opponent name: SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.p.A.
Board: 3.3.10
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 107 1973 European Patent Convention Art 108 1973 European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 54 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973 European Patent Convention R 20 1973 European Patent Convention R 65(1) 1973
Keywords: Admissibility of opponent's appeal (yes) - universal successor of opponent automatically acquired party status
Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 6: novelty (yes) - no direct and unambiguous disclosure; inventive step (no) - improvement not shown - reformulation of problem - obvious alternative
Auxiliary request 7: inventive step (yes)
Catchword: -
Cited cases: G 0004/88 G 0002/04 T 0270/90 T 0800/91 T 0870/92 T 0939/92 T 0068/95 T 0355/97 T 1137/97 T 0015/01 T 0413/02 T 0229/03 T 0261/03
Citing cases: J 0007/21 T 0724/05 T 1421/05 T 0007/07 T 0960/08 T 2233/09 T 1032/10 T 0423/11 T 0531/11 T 0545/12 T 2357/12 T 0194/15 T 1415/16 T 0007/17 T 0234/18

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 with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of auxiliary request 7, submitted during the oral proceedings before the Board, and a description yet to be adapted.