T 0834/12 (Oxychlorination catalyst / SOLVAY) of 08.01.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T083412.20150108
- Date of decision
- 8 January 2015
- Case number
- T 0834/12
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04818425.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Catalyst and gas phase method using such a catalyst
- Applicant name
- SOLVAY SA
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of the main request (yes)
Added matter (no)
Claim amended to comprise product-by-process features not objectionable
Clarity (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0150/82
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Claims:
No. 1 to 12 (labelled third auxiliary request) filed with letter of 31 January 2011.
Description:
Pages 1 to 9 filed during oral proceedings of 8 January 2015.
Figures:
Sheets 1/3 to 3/3 as published under the PCT (WO 2005/046866 A2).