T 0747/95 of 15.01.1997
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T074795.19970115
- Date of decision
- 15 January 1997
- Case number
- T 0747/95
- Online on
- 21 February 1997
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 89200367.4
- IPC class
- C01B 17/04B01D 53/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Process for removing H2S from a gas stream
- Applicant name
- SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.
- Opponent name
- Metallgesellschaft AG, Frankfurt/M
LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT - Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 102(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Protection extended (no)
Subject-matter extended (no)
Clarity (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - 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 Opposition Division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the following documents:
claim 1 filed during the oral proceedings of 15 January 1997, claims 2 and 3 as granted the drawings (Figures 1 and 2) as granted, and the description to be adapted with the provision that the passage on column 5 of the patent specification, lines 18 to 26, should be cancelled.