European Patent Office

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
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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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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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.