T 0018/88 (Pyrimidines) of 25.01.1990
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1990:T001888.19900125
- Date of decision
- 25 January 1990
- Case number
- T 0018/88
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 83303322.8
- IPC class
- C07F 9/65
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- DOW
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
The superior effect of subsequent products which are neither novel nor inventive is not sufficient to make the intermediates inventive (cf. point 8 of the reasons).
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (no)
Intermediates - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that: The appeal is dismissed.