T 0080/97 (Food grade white oil/ATLANTIC RICHFIELD) of 08.08.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T008097.20010808
- Date of decision
- 8 August 2001
- Case number
- T 0080/97
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91301780.2
- IPC class
- C10G 65/08
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method of producing food grade quality white mineral oil
- Applicant name
- Atlantic Richfield Company
- Opponent name
- BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - no (solution of the technical problem implicitly suggested in the prior art)
Right to be heard - yes (decision taken in oral proceedings not attended by the patentee) - Catchword
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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 patent is revoked.