T 0684/98 (High-purity caprolactam/MITSUBISHI) of 18.01.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T068498.20010118
- Date of decision
- 18 January 2001
- Case number
- T 0684/98
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 89106200.2
- IPC class
- C07D 201/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method for producing high-purity caprolactam
- Applicant name
- MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- Allied Signal Inc.
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Insufficiency of disclosure (no) - exceptional failure
Novelty (yes) - claimed subject-matter not directly and unambiguously derivable from prior art
Inventive step (no) - obvious choice of process parameters - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.