T 0478/09 of 21.06.2012
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T047809.20120621
- Date of decision
- 21 June 2012
- Case number
- T 0478/09
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04753255.1
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Nano-scale DMC catalyst particles
- Applicant name
- Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Opponent name
- BASF SE
- Board
- 3.3.07
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84
- Keywords
- Form of appeal - admissible (yes) - partial admissibility (no)
Claims - lack of clarity of a granted claim - need for interpretation of the feature "average particle size determined by TEM" (yes)
Novelty (yes) - Main Request (the known catalyst having a bimodal distribution of particles does not make available a catalyst in form of either of its subgroups of particles)
Inventive step (yes) - non obvious alternative (Main Request) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.