European Patent Office

T 0151/13 of 17.03.2016

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T015113.20160317
Date of decision
17 March 2016
Case number
T 0151/13
Petition for review of
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Application number
05772361.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
CONVERSION OF A MULTIHYDROXYLATED-ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON OR ESTER THEREOF TO A CHLOROHYDRIN
Applicant name
Blue Cube IP LLC
Opponent name
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Research
Belgium S.A.
Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V.
Board
3.3.10
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request and auxiliary requests 1A, 1 and 2A: amendments (no) - unallowable generalisation of value from Example
Auxiliary request 2: novelty (no) - purpose of a particular reagent in a known chemical process is not a functional technical feature in the sense of G 2/88 and does not render said process novel
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1913/21

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.