T 0117/98 ("Decolourised Sodium Bicarbonate"/GAMBRO AB) of 26.04.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T011798.20020426
- Date of decision
- 26 April 2002
- Case number
- T 0117/98
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 90118072.9
- IPC class
- A61L 2/08
- 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
- A salt restored from discoloration and a method for this restoration
- Applicant name
- GAMBRO AB
- Opponent name
- FRESENIUS AG
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention R 71(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Main request, first auxiliary request:
claim 1 unacceptable, inter alia, under the terms of Articles 83 EPC and 123(2) EPC; main request, first and second auxiliary requests: independent process claim in each of the three requests identical; process relating to a method for restoring the original colour of sodium bicarbonate discoloured by radioactive radiation obvious in the light of the state of the art. - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.