European Patent Office

T 0567/95 (Dichloro tetrafluoro ethane/ASAI GLASS) of 25.01.2001

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T056795.20010125
Date of decision
25 January 2001
Case number
T 0567/95
Online on
6 March 2001
Petition for review of
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Application number
88119492.2
IPC class
C07C 22/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Process for producing 1,1-dichloro-1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane
Applicant name
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LTD.
Opponent name
Solvay Deutschland GmbH Patentabteilung
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc.
Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Amendments extending the protection conferred by the patent as granted (no)
Clarity of the claims (yes)
Support of the claims by the description (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Inventive step (yes, after amendment) - non-obvious solution of the technical problem underlying the patent in suit - could/would approach
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 maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:

- Claim 1 filed with letter dated 18 August 1997.

- Claims 2 and 3 filed with letter dated 21. September 1995.

- A description to be adapted.