European Patent Office

T 0176/09 (Water-absorbing agent/NIPPON SHOKUBAI) of 12.07.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T017609.20120712
Date of decision
12 July 2012
Case number
T 0176/09
Petition for review of
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Application number
99103704.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Water-absorbing agent and its production process and use
Applicant name
NIPPON SHOKUBAI Co., LTD.
Opponent name
SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
Board
3.3.10
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal R 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal R 13(3)
Keywords
Main request, auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9: insufficiency of disclosure of the invention (yes)
Auxiliary requests 5, 6, 7: added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary requests 10: not clearly allowable - not admitted into the proceedings
Experimental report: late filed (yes) - not admitted into the proceedings
Catchword
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Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.