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
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 56
- 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.