European Patent Office

T 0138/06 of 12.03.2008

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T013806.20080312
Date of decision
12 March 2008
Case number
T 0138/06
Petition for review of
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Application number
00302130.0
IPC class
C07C 57/04
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Method for refining (meth)acrylic acid
Applicant name
NIPPON SHOKUBAI Co., Ltd.
Opponent name
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Board
3.3.10
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request and auxiliary requests 2, 4, 6 and 7: inventive step (no); obvious alternative
Auxiliary requests 1, 3, and 5: amendments (not allowable) - added subject-matter - inadmissible generalisation of an embodiment from an example and a figure
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0680/93
Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed