T 1062/96 (Methacrylates/MITSUBISHI) of 20.12.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T106296.19991220
- Date of decision
- 20 December 1999
- Case number
- T 1062/96
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 89122983.3
- IPC class
- C07C 57/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- T 1062/96 Re-establishment/MITSUBISHI 1997-12-11
- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Process for preparing unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester thereof
- Applicant name
- MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
- Opponent name
- BASF Aktiengesellschaft
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main request - submission not allowed
Auxiliary request - inventive step (yes) - claimed method not obvious - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- -
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 Claims 1 to 4, submitted as auxiliary request during the oral proceedings, and a description yet to be adapted.