T 2322/10 (Low-sulfur diesel fuel additives/LUBRIZOL) of 23.10.2013
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T232210.20131023
- Date of decision
- 23 October 2013
- Case number
- T 2322/10
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 98303110.5
- IPC class
- C10L 1/18C10L 10/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Diesel fuel compositions
- Applicant name
- The Lubrizol Corporation
- Opponent name
- Infineum International Limited
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request (no) - obvious alternative
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) - unexpected improvement made plausible by experimental data - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0215/03
- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims of the Auxiliary Request submitted with letter dated 8 August 2011.