T 2048/12 (PU catalysts / AIR PRODUCTS) of 19.01.2016
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T204812.20160119
- Date of decision
- 19 January 2016
- Case number
- T 2048/12
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 07013630.4
- IPC class
- B01J 31/02C08G 18/18
- 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
- N,N,N'-Trimethyl-bis-(aminoethyl) ether and its derivatives as catalysts for polyurethanes
- Applicant name
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Huntsman International LLC
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes
Novelty - main request) commercial availability of a chemical product not necessarily a disclosure of all impurities contained therein
Inventive step: (no
Inventive step - main request) product claim embraces obvious modifications of the prior art (yes
Inventive step - auxiliary request) non-obvious improved preparation method
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
- The decision under appeal is set aside.
- The case is remitted to the Department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following documents:
claims 1 to 8 of the 1st Auxiliary Request filed with the letter of 18 November 2015, the figures of the patent as granted and a description to be adapted where appropriate.