T 0343/90 of 26.05.1992
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1992:T034390.19920526
- Date of decision
- 26 May 1992
- Case number
- T 0343/90
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 83201538.2
- IPC class
- C09D 3/64
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Polyester and its use in powder coating
- Applicant name
- DSM RESINS BV
- Opponent name
- 01) Bayer AG, Leverkusen Konzerverwaltung RP Patente Konzern
02) Synthopol Chemie Dr.rer.pol. Koch GmbH & Co. KG - Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes) - alternative solution
Added subject-matter (no) - essential feature incorporated in claim
Feature implicitely disclosed as essential - Catchword
- Amendment of a claim by incorporation of a feature identifiable by the skilled reader as important for the invention (yes)
Formation of a numerical range for the said feature from the examples in their entirety without simultaneously adopting the numerical values given in these examples for the other parameters - Cited 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 8 filed as main request and a description yet to be adapted.