European Patent Office

T 0394/97 (Pulp bleaching/KVAERNER) of 27.06.2001

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T039497.20010627
Date of decision
27 June 2001
Case number
T 0394/97
Online on
28 August 2001
Petition for review of
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Application number
91903930.5
IPC class
D21C 9/10
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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Application title
Process for bleaching of ligno-cellulosic material
Applicant name
Eka Chemicals AB
Opponent name
(i) KVAERNER PULPING TECHNOLOGIES AB
(II) Degussa AG
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - no (diverging effects - prior art contains a guidance for combining various features in order to compensate for unavoidable brightness loss)
Catchword
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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.