T 0256/96 (ATF's/IDEMITSU) of 13.11.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T025696.19981113
- Date of decision
- 13 November 1998
- Case number
- T 0256/96
- Online on
- 15 January 1999
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 88105669.1
- IPC class
- C10M 169/04
- 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
- Lubricating oil composition
- Applicant name
- Idemitsu Kosan Company Limited
- Opponent name
- Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Proceedings of colloquium - undated article of unidentified origin - no evidence for the proceedings' publication or the exact oral disclosure at the colloquium - not state of the art
Inventive step (yes) - solution not suggested by the state of the art - 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 maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
claims 1 to 3 filed on 17 July 1996 as auxiliary request and pages 2 to 9 of the description submitted during oral proceedings.