T 0936/96 (Adsorbent for LDL/KANEGAFUCHI) of 11.06.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T093696.19990611
- Date of decision
- 11 June 1999
- Case number
- T 0936/96
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 87100215.0
- IPC class
- B01J 20/32
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Adsorbent and process for preparing the same
- Applicant name
- Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Opponent name
- Asahi Medical Co Ltd
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - no
Obvious improvements
Problem - solution approach - Catchword
- Once a realistic technical problem is defined and once it is established that a particular solution to such a problem would have been envisaged by a person skilled in the art in the light of the relevant state of the art, then this solution lacks an inventive step, and this assessment cannot be altered by the fact that the claimed invention inherently also solves further technical problems.
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.