T 0718/98 (Reduced emissions/ETHYL PETROLEUM) of 26.11.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T071898.20021126
- Date of decision
- 26 November 2002
- Case number
- T 0718/98
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 91306359.0
- IPC class
- C10L 1/30
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Motor fuels of enhanced properties
- Applicant name
- ETHYL PETROLEUM ADDITIVES, INC.
- Opponent name
- Mr William C. Orr
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Admissibility of late filed evidence (no) - abuse of procedure
Inventive step (no) - Catchword
- The introduction at a very late stage of the proceedings of evidence which could have been filed much earlier, used as a strategic measure for improving its own case against the adverse party, amounts to an abuse of procedural rights and therefore is to be dismissed independently of the possible relevance of the evidence.
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The patent is revoked.