T 0249/93 of 27.05.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T024993.19980527
- Date of decision
- 27 May 1998
- Case number
- T 0249/93
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 84300760.0
- IPC class
- C08L 59/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- 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
- Impact resistant polyoxymethylene compositions
- Applicant name
- E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company
- Opponent name
- BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen
Degussa AG, Frankfurt
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Zentrale Patentabteilung - Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Disclosure - sufficiency (yes)
Public prior use (no) - insufficient probative value of evidence submitted
Novelty (yes) - onus of proof on opponents to provide adequate basis of comparison using the same method of measurement
Inventive step (yes) - no incentive - Catchword
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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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of Claim 1 of auxiliary request I submitted at the oral proceedings on 27 May 1998, with adaptation of Claims 2 to 53 and the description thereto as necessary.