T 0052/98 (Binder pitch/REILLY) of 14.08.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T005298.20010814
- Date of decision
- 14 August 2001
- Case number
- T 0052/98
- Online on
- 28 August 2001
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93904939.1
- IPC class
- C10C 3/02
- 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
- Process for increasing pitch yield from coal tar
- Applicant name
- REILLY INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty - yes (boiling temperature of liquid mixture not equivalent to vapour phase temperature)
Inventive step - yes (non-obvious alternative) - Catchword
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- Cited 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 grant a patent in the following version:
Description: Pages 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 as originally filed. Page 3 filed by telefax of 23 May 2001. Pages 4, 5, 8 and 12 filed with letter of 30 May 2001.
Claims: Claims 1 and 3 to 7 filed with letter of 30 April 2001. Claim 2 filed by telefax of 23 May 2001.