T 0153/14 of 01.03.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T015314.20170301
- Date of decision
- 1 March 2017
- Case number
- T 0153/14
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 06811261.4
- IPC class
- C08K 3/36C08L 33/02C08K 5/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- WATER-ABSORBENT AGENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
- Applicant name
- Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- BASF SE
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (main request: yes)
Late-filed request - admitted (auxiliary requests A-C: no; auxiliary requests D, 29 and 30: yes)
Inventive step (auxiliary request D: yes) - Catchword
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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 auxiliary request D filed during the oral proceedings, and after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.