T 0588/93 (Porous Adsorbent) of 31.01.1996
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T058893.19960131
- Date of decision
- 31 January 1996
- Case number
- T 0588/93
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 84113358.0
- IPC class
- B01J 20/32
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A porous adsorbent for adsorbing low density lipoproteins
- Applicant name
- Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Opponent name
- 01: P. Braun Melsungen AG
02: Fresenius AG - Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 102(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step of main request - yes - provision of an alternative material in a non-obvious way
- 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 in the following version:
Description: as granted with the amendments filed with the letter of 14 May 1991 on pages 2 and 5 of the patent specification, with the further amendment that on page 5, line 31 the word "generally" is deleted,
Claims: Nos. 1 to 11 submitted with the letter of 14. May 1991, with the correction that in line 3 of Claim 1 the word "absorbent" is replaced by "adsorbent".