T 0648/88 ((R,R,R)-Alpha-tocopherol) du 23.11.1989
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1989:T064888.19891123
- Date de la décision
- 23 novembre 1989
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0648/88
- En ligne le
- 29 novembre 1989
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 82108913.3
- Classe de la CIB
- C07C 19/02
- Langue de la procédure
- Allemand
- Distribution
- Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
- Téléchargement
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- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
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- Nom du demandeur
- BASF
- Nom de l'opposant
- Hoffmann - La Roche & Co.
- Chambre
- 3.3.01
- Sommaire
1. The same criteria which are generally decisive for determining whether the preparation of a new chemical substance is to be regarded as inventive should in prinicple also be applied when a substance in question is an intermediate. Here the sole determination factor is whether or not its preparation enhances the art in a non-obvious way.
2. An intermediate intended for the preparation of a known end product is deemed to be inventive if its preparation takes place in connection with inventive preparation or inventive further processing, or in the course of an inventive complete process (further to T 22/8, "Bis-epoxy-ethers/BASF", OJ EPO 1982,342.)
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Mots-clés
- Inventive step (yes)
Intermediates in an inventive complete process
Further processing as such not inventive - Exergue
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- Affaires citées
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. ...
2. ... the decision under appeal ... is set aside.
3. The opposition is rejected.