T 0390/08 (Without hydrocarbon/TOPSOE) of 29.06.2011
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T039008.20110629
- Date of decision
- 29 June 2011
- Case number
- T 0390/08
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 01109122.0
- IPC class
- C01B 3/40
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Process for the production of a hydrogen rich gas
- Applicant name
- Haldor Topsoe A/S
- Opponent name
- Johnson Matthey PLC
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84
- Keywords
- Clarity (yes): a composition consisting of compulsory and optional components is a "closed" composition
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes): definition of "absence of by-products" (here: "without formation of" - "essentially no" - "no detectable amount of") to be interpreted in a technically meaningful mannor - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the department of first instance for further prosecution on the basis of the claims according to the main request filed on 22 June 2011.