T 0609/97 (Olefin production/CHINA PETROCHEMICAL) of 20.10.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T060997.20001020
- Date of decision
- 20 October 2000
- Case number
- T 0609/97
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 88111807.9
- IPC class
- C10G 11/20
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Production of gaseous olefins by catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons
- Applicant name
- CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, et al
- Opponent name
- Akzo Nobel N.V.
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - yes
Further improvement of a yield not foreshadowed in citations disclosing low yields - 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 case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent with Claims 1 to 5 of the request as submitted during the oral proceedings and a description to be adapted thereto.