T 0503/97 (Leather treatment/ROHM AND HAAS) of 09.11.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T050397.19991109
- Date of decision
- 9 November 1999
- Case number
- T 0503/97
- Online on
- 7 September 2000
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 89312070.9
- IPC class
- C14C 9/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
- The use of selected amphiphilic copolymers in the treatment of leather
- Applicant name
- ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
- Opponent name
- (01) Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
(02) Clariant GmbH
(03) Stockhausen GmbH & Co. KG
(04) Münzing Chemie GmbH - Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Added subject-matter (no) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision of the opposition division is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
(a) claim 1 filed on 7 October 1999 and
(b) description: pages 2, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17 and 19 filed on 7 October 1999, and pages 3, 7 to 14, 18, 20. to 22, and 23, lines 1 to 46, as granted.