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
- -
- Application number
- 84302554.5
- IPC class
- C08F 220/54
- 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 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
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- 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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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.