European Patent Office

T 0553/11 du 19.03.2013

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T055311.20130319
Date de la décision
19 mars 2013
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0553/11
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
00102987.5
Classe de la CIB
C08J 3/12
Langue de la procédure
Anglais
Distribution
Distribuées aux présidents des chambres de recours (C)
Téléchargement
Décision en anglais
Versions JO
Aucun lien JO trouvé
Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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Résumés pour cette décision
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Titre de la demande
Water-absorbent resin powder and its production process and use
Nom du demandeur
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
Nom de l'opposant
BASF SE
Chambre
3.3.09
Sommaire
-
Mots-clés
Sufficiency of disclosure - no (main request), yes (first auxiliary request)
Inventive step - yes (first auxiliary request)
Exergue
Embodiments that are covered by the scope of a claim on its ordinary reading are not to be regarded as excluded merely because it can be deduced from the description that they are not workable (point 2.3 of the Reasons).

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of:

(a) claims 1 to 6 according to the first auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings of 19 March 2013;

(b) pages numbered 2 to 13, and 24 of the amended description as filed during the said oral proceedings and pages numbered 14 to 23 as granted;

(c) figures 1 to 9 as granted.