European Patent Office

T 0796/91 of 27.01.1993

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T079691.19930127
Date of decision
27 January 1993
Case number
T 0796/91
Petition for review of
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Application number
84302554.5
IPC class
C08F 220/54
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Process for producing granular, water-swellable crosslinked acrylic copolymer, and its use
Applicant name
MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Opponent name
Chemische Fabrik Stockhausen GmbH
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (process claim - yes) (use claim - no)
Late submitted material - admitted (no)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 0952/99T 0476/21

ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The main and first auxiliary requests are rejected.

3. The second auxiliary request is not admitted.

4. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the third auxiliary request, i.e. Claims 1 to 3 as granted, and a description yet to be adapted.