T 0236/09 (Water-absorbent resin/NIPPON SHOKUBAI) of 18.10.2011
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T023609.20111018
- Date of decision
- 18 October 2011
- Case number
- T 0236/09
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 00925720.5
- IPC class
- A61L 15/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Water-absorbent resin compound and processing
- Applicant name
- LG Chem, Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
- Board
- 3.3.10
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Main and auxiliary requests 1 and 4: inventive step (no)- experimental report not reproducible - purported improvement not shown - obvious alternative
Auxiliary requests 2 and 3: added subject-matter (yes) - undue generalisation of a particular embodiment from an example - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.