European Patent Office

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
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Application number
84300760.0
IPC class
C08L 59/02
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
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
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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.