T 0149/94 (mercury removal/DSM) of 23.01.1996
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T014994.19960123
- Date of decision
- 23 January 1996
- Case number
- T 0149/94
- Online on
- 7 March 1996
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 87202485.6
- IPC class
- C10G 25/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Process for removing mercury from organic media
- Applicant name
- DSM N.V.
- Opponent name
- Dow Benelux N.V.
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - yes - Appellant's statement not made credible
- 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: columns 1 to 3 as annexed to the decision of the Opposition Division,
Claim 1: as submitted during oral proceedings,
Claims 2 to 8: as annexed to the decision of the Opposition Division.