European Patent Office

T 1326/08 (MIT-based microbicides/ROHM AND HAAS) of 10.01.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T132608.20120110
Date of decision
10 January 2012
Case number
T 1326/08
Petition for review of
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Application number
03250329.4
IPC class
A01N 43/80
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
Synergistic microbicidal combination
Applicant name
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
Opponent name
BASF SE
Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request: sufficiency (no), synergy not achieved within whole range claimed
First auxiliary request: allowable - non-obvious further synergistic microbicidal compositions
Catchword
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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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:

Description:

Pages 2, 3 and 5 received during oral proceedings.

Pages 4 and 6 (col. 9, l. 1 to 53) of the patent specification.

Claim:

No. 1 filed as first auxiliary request with letter of 26 January 2009.