T 1291/14 of 23.10.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T129114.20181023
- Date of decision
- 23 October 2018
- Case number
- T 1291/14
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04021015.5
- IPC class
- C08J 3/24C08K 3/34A61L 15/60
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method of producing particle-shape water-absorbing resin material
- Applicant name
- NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
- Opponent name
- Evonik Degussa GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Main request: Clarity (No)
First auxiliary request: Added matter (No); Sufficency of disclosure (Yes); Novelty (Yes); Inventive step (Yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 2001/12
- 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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of:
-claims 1 to 25 of auxiliary request 1, filed on 05 January 2015,
-description pages 2-23 and figures 1-3 of the patent specification.