T 0492/98 of 18.01.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T049298.20020118
- Date of decision
- 18 January 2002
- Case number
- T 0492/98
- Online on
- 22 January 2002
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93921431.8
- IPC class
- C22B 43/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method for removing mercury from contaminated soils and industrial wastes and related apparatus
- Applicant name
- PITTSBURGH MINERAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Clarity, inventive step (yes) after amendment
- Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following documents:
Claims:
1. to 10 submitted on 16 November 2001 with telefax of 16 November 2001
Description:
pages 1 to 8, 14, 17, 23 to 29 as originally filed
pages 9 to 13, 13a, 15, 16, 18 to 22, 30 submitted on 5 June 2001 with letter of 1 June 2001
Figures:
Figures 1, 3 and 4 as originally filed (renumbered as Figures 1 to 3 as requested in the letter of 1 June 2001)