T 0483/98 (Fire extinguishing/GREAT LAKES) of 14.11.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T048398.20011114
- Date of decision
- 14 November 2001
- Case number
- T 0483/98
- Online on
- 24 January 2002
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 90912103.0
- IPC class
- A62D 1/08
- 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
- Fire extinguishing methods and blends utilizing fluoropropanes
- Applicant name
- GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- AUSIMONT S.p.A.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Selection invention - no, obvious improvement, choice from a number of equally suitable possibilities
- 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.