T 1609/12 of 14.01.2016
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T160912.20160114
- Date of decision
- 14 January 2016
- Case number
- T 1609/12
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 06735129.6
- 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
- BLOCKY HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE, DERIVATIVES THEREOF, PROCESS OF MAKING, AND USES THEREOF
- Applicant name
- HERCULES INCORPORATED
- Opponent name
- THE DOW CHEMICAL CO.
AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V. - Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Late-filed arguments (Art. 123(2) EPC; Art. 83 EPC) - admitted (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeals of opponent 1 and opponent 2 are dismissed.
2. The patent is to be maintained in the form as upheld according to the contested decision.