T 0454/97 (Dental cement/DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL) of 15.01.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T045497.20010115
- Date of decision
- 15 January 2001
- Case number
- T 0454/97
- Online on
- 14 February 2001
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 87303049.8
- IPC class
- A61K 6/08
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method of preparing radioopaque cross-linked poly(carboxylic acid) dental cement
- Applicant name
- DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Opponent name
- THERA Patent GmbH Co. KG Gesellschaft
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Added matter - no - adequate disclosure
Novelty - yes - generic term does not anticipate a specific type of cement
Inventive step - no - obvious alternative - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.