T 0278/97 (Blue sensitizing dye/EASTMAN KODAK) of 21.03.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T027897.20010321
- Date of decision
- 21 March 2001
- Case number
- T 0278/97
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 89301953.9
- IPC class
- G03C 1/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Sensitizing dye for high chloride and low iodide silver halide photographic composition
- Applicant name
- EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)
- Opponent name
- Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
Agfa-Gevaert AG - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (no;
-countries, main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2) - explicit teaching to replace one element by another
Novelty (yes;
-countries, main request)
Admissibility (no; auxiliary request 3) - change of category extending protection conferred
Inventive step (yes;
-countries, main request) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0332/87
- Citing cases
- T 2020/07
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked for the contracting States DE, GB, FR and NL.
3. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the set B of Claims 1 to 7 of the Main Request for the Contracting States AT, BE, CH, LI, ES, IT and SE submitted by letter of 6 February 1998 and a description to be adapted thereto.