European Patent Office

T 1864/13 (PROCESS FOR PREPARING DIAMINODIPHENYLMETHANES / HUNTSMAN) of 05.05.2017

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T186413.20170505
Date of decision
5 May 2017
Case number
T 1864/13
Online on
3 July 2017
Petition for review of
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Application number
06807765.0
IPC class
C07C 209/78
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
PROCESS FOR PREPARING DIAMINODIPHENYLMETHANES
Applicant name
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
Opponent name
BASF SE
Board
3.3.10
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - second auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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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 maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of claims 1 and 2 of the second auxiliary request filed in the oral proceedings before the Board and a description yet to be adapted.