T 0713/97 (N-alkylation/NISSAN) of 18.02.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T071397.19980218
- Date of decision
- 18 February 1998
- Case number
- T 0713/97
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 92107537.0
- IPC class
- C07D 231/12
- 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
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Process for producing a heterocyclic tertiary amine
- Applicant name
- Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes) - non-obvious process
Manufacture of known compounds
Problem-solution approach - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0641/89
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 grant a patent in the following version:
- Claims 1 to 6 submitted 26 January 1998 with the amendments as set forth in point III of the Facts and Submissions,
- pages 2, 4 to 26, and 28 to 36 filed 26 January 1998;
pages 1 and 27 filed 6 February 1998; and pages 3 to 3a filed 13 February 1998.