T 0437/22 of 09.01.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T043722.20240109
- Date of decision
- 9 January 2024
- Case number
- T 0437/22
- Online on
- 22 February 2024
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 15774332.9
- IPC class
- C07D 303/04C07B 61/00C07D 301/10
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ETHYLENE OXIDE
- Applicant name
- Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- BASF SE
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Inventive step
Sufficiency of disclosure - 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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims of the main request filed as auxiliary request 1 with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal of 2 September 2022 and a description and drawings possibly to be adapted thereto.