T 0286/98 (Ethyl lactate/JAPAN SYNTHETIC RUBBER) of 31.08.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T028698.20000831
- Date of decision
- 31 August 2000
- Case number
- T 0286/98
- Online on
- 11 January 2001
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 86306125.5
- IPC class
- G03F 7/022
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Application title
- Radiation-sensitive resin composition
- Applicant name
- JAPAN SYNTHETIC RUBBER CO., LTD.
- Opponent name
- Morton International, Inc.
Wolfgang BLUM
Mitsubishi Kasei Co.
Shipley Company Inc.
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 123 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes) - no evidence of prior use
Inventive step (no) - use of a solvent obvious for environmental reasons and prompted by paper of the Environmental Protection Agency (US) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.