T 1377/22 (ETHYLENE GLYCOL FROM A CARBOHYDRATE /Avantium) of 21.01.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T137722.20250121
- Date of decision
- 21 January 2025
- Case number
- T 1377/22
- Online on
- 26 February 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 16715353.5
- 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
- PROCESS FOR PREPARING ETHYLENE GLYCOL FROM A CARBOHYDRATE
- Applicant name
- Avantium Knowledge Centre B.V.
- Opponent name
- Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Elkington and Fife LLP - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)
- Keywords
- Inventive step (main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3)
Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim
Amendment to case (auxiliary request 4)
Amendment to case - admitted (no) - 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 patent is revoked.