T 0266/98 (Optical brightener/EASTMAN) of 26.03.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T026698.20020326
- Date of decision
- 26 March 2002
- Case number
- T 0266/98
- Online on
- 8 April 2002
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 88902749.6
- IPC class
- G03C 1/815
- 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
- Optically brightened photographic support and element containing same
- Applicant name
- EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)
- Opponent name
- Felix Schoeller Jr. GmbH & Co. KG
- 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) - combination of features not disclosed in prior art documents
Inventive step (yes) - no pointer or in prior art documents to reduce the amount of one specific component - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.