T 0427/99 (Blocked isocyanates/BAXENDEN) du 15.11.2001

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence: ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T042799.20011115
Date de la décision: 15 novembre 2001
Numéro de l'affaire: T 0427/99
Requête en révision de: -
Numéro de la demande: 85301298.7
Classe de la CIB: C07D 231/12
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: -
Résumés pour cette décision: -
Titre de la demande: Blocked isocyanates
Nom du demandeur: BAXENDEN CHEMICALS LIMITED
Nom de l'opposant: RHONE-POULENC CHIMIE
Chambre: 3.3.01
Sommaire: -
Dispositions juridiques pertinentes: European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 100(c) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 108 1973 European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 54 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973 European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
Mots-clés: Admissibility of appeal before time limit of Article 108 (yes)
Main request: amendments (not allowable) - numerical temperature range disclosed originally with respect to temperature of different nature as now claimed
First auxiliary request (not admitted) - late filed - clearly not allowable
Second auxiliary request (admitted): late filed - limitation of invention to particular granted claims - no fresh issue; amendments (allowable) - shrinking of list; lack of clarity (not admitted) - objected wording already in claims as granted; sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - objected part of claimed invention deleted - lack of evidence; - 2 - inventive step (yes) - closest prior art as acknowledged in patent specification - improper comparison - reformulation of problem - solution unobvious
Exergue: -
Affaires citées: T 0020/81 T 0389/86 T 0016/87 T 0301/87 T 0182/89 T 0406/91 T 0800/91 T 0288/92 T 0680/93 T 0840/93 T 0068/95
Affaires citantes: J 0018/04 T 0227/03 T 0455/03 T 0651/03 T 0420/04 T 0081/05 T 0875/07 T 1041/07 T 1089/07 T 1125/07 T 1685/07

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 claims 1 to 9 filed as second auxiliary request during the oral proceedings and a description yet to be adapted.