T 0425/98 (NIPPON MITSUBISHI/Engine oil composition) of 12.03.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T042598.20020312
- Date of decision
- 12 March 2002
- Case number
- T 0425/98
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91103711.7
- IPC class
- C10M 141/00
- 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
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- Application title
- Engine oil composition
- Applicant name
- Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation
- Opponent name
- Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
Exxon Research and Engineering Company - Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(4) 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Main request: substantially modified request raising new issues under Article 84 EPC never addressed before the oral proceedings
Admissibility (no)
Auxiliary request: Novelty (no) - claimed invention emerging unambiguously from the prior disclosure - 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.