T 0539/99 (Hydrotreating/SHELL) of 04.04.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T053999.20030404
- Date of decision
- 4 April 2003
- Case number
- T 0539/99
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93200165.4
- IPC class
- C10G 49/00
- 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
- Hydrotreating process
- Applicant name
- SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.
- Opponent name
- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Kvaerner Process Technology Limited - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (no) - reformulation of the technical problem addressed in the patent in suit in less ambitious terms - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.