T 0730/93 (Lubricant additive/ETHYL PETROLEUM) of 01.03.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T073093.19990301
- Date of decision
- 1 March 1999
- Case number
- T 0730/93
- Online on
- 22 March 1999
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 90303536.8
- IPC class
- C10M 159/12
- 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
- Lubricant compositions and additives therefor
- Applicant name
- Ethyl Petroleum Additives Limited
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - non obvious solution - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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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 grant a patent in the following version:
Claims: 1 to 18 submitted on 1 December 1995 as main request;
Description: pages 1 and 4 to 31 of the application as filed;
page 2 as submitted on 29 October 1992; and
page 3 as submitted on 1 December 1995.