T 0073/05 (Reactive purge/PRAXAIR) of 20.06.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T007305.20070620
- Date of decision
- 20 June 2007
- Case number
- T 0073/05
- Online on
- 1 October 2007
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96119473.5
- IPC class
- B01D 53/32
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Reactive purge for solid electrolyte membrane gas separation
- Applicant name
- PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Opponent name
- AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty - yes
Inventive step - yes - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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 case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following documents:
Claims 1 to 8 filed during the oral proceedings
Description: Pages 2,5,7,8 of the patent specification
Page 3 filed with letter of 27 May 2003
Pages 4, 6 filed during the oral proceedings of 23 November 2004
Drawings: Figures 1 to 5 of the patent specification