T 0540/91 (Naphthalenecarboxylic acid/UENO) of 09.12.1992
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1992:T054091.19921209
- Date of decision
- 9 December 1992
- Case number
- T 0540/91
- Online on
- 14 January 1993
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 82111139.0
- IPC class
- C07C 65/11
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Process for selective production of 2-hydroxynaphthalene- 6-carboxylic acid
- Applicant name
- Kabushiki Kaisha Ueno Seiyaku Oyo Kenkyujo
- Opponent name
- Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 114(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (no) - construction of document, identical technical teaching
- Catchword
- A cited document must be interpreted in the light of common general knowledge available at its filing date (point 3.6).
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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.