T 0995/16 of 26.06.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T099516.20180626
- Date of decision
- 26 June 2018
- Case number
- T 0995/16
- Online on
- 14 December 2018
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 08850470.9
- 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
- MANUFACTURE OF 1,1,1,2,3,3-HEXAFLUOROPROPANE AND 1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUOROPROPANE VIA CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION
- Applicant name
- Honeywell International Inc.
- Opponent name
- ARKEMA FRANCE
- Board
- 3.3.10
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes)
Grounds for opposition - main request, first to third auxiliary requests
Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no)
Late-filed request - fourth auxiliary request
Fifth auxiliary request:
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0837/09
- Citing cases
- -
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 7 of the fourth auxiliary request filed with the response to the grounds of appeal dated 4 November 2016, now the fifth auxiliary request, and a description yet to be adapted.