European Patent Office

T 0319/08 (Titanium oxide sol/SHOWA DENKO) of 26.07.2011

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T031908.20110726
Date of decision
26 July 2011
Case number
T 0319/08
Petition for review of
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Application number
00114857.6
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Particles, aqueous dispersion and film of titanium oxide, and preparation thereof
Applicant name
SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Opponent name
KRONOS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty, main request (no): implicit novelty-destroying disclosure
Novelty, auxiliary request (yes): implicit disclosure not convincingly demonstrated
Inventive step, auxiliary request (yes): product with optimised balance of properties not suggested by prior art
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 1287/14

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 8 according to the auxiliary request 0 filed at the oral proceedings and a description to be adapted.