T 0727/99 (Operating a slurry bubble column/EXXONMOBIL) of 04.04.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T072799.20030404
- Date of decision
- 4 April 2003
- Case number
- T 0727/99
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91302710.8
- IPC class
- B01J 8/22
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method of operating a slurry bubble column
- Applicant name
- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
- Opponent name
- Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. Intellectual
Property Div. - Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Amendments - isolated features not disclosed in claimed combination
Sufficiency of disclosure - yes, no undue burden
Inventive step - yes, prejudice in the art
Reformatio in peius - allowed
G 0001/99 applied - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the claims 1 to 8 according to the fourth auxiliary request Alternative B, description and, if necessary, the Figures to be adapted.