T 0680/96 of 06.07.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T068096.19990706
- Date of decision
- 6 July 1999
- Case number
- T 0680/96
- Online on
- 29 November 1999
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91302895.7
- IPC class
- A61L 15/00
- 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
- Method of treating the surface of an absorbent resin
- Applicant name
- Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty - implicity disclosure (no) - interpretation of a prior art document in the light of the technological context of its date of publication
Inventive step (yes) - method developed from the availability of a new device - 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 Examining Division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of Claims 1 to 14 submitted at the oral proceedings after adaptation of the description.