T 0085/96 of 26.08.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T008596.19990826
- Date of decision
- 26 August 1999
- Case number
- T 0085/96
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 88303912.5
- IPC class
- C08F 6/00
- 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
- Hydrophilic polymer and method for production
- Applicant name
- Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Sufficient disclosure (yes) - no undue burden or inventive activity
Novelty (yes) - no clear and unambiguous disclosure
Inventive step (yes) - combination of claimed features not derivable from state of the art - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.