T 1877/08 (Refrigerants/E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY) of 23.2.2010

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T187708.20100223
Date of decision: 23 February 2010
Case number: T 1877/08
Application number: 93111181.9
IPC class: C09K 5/04
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 37 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Near-azeotropic blends for use as refrigerants
Applicant name: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Opponent name: ELF ATOCHEM S.A.
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
STAR REFRIGERATION LIMITED
SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.p.A.
RHONE-POULENC CHIMIE
Board: 3.3.10
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 56
European Patent Convention Art 87
European Patent Convention Art 88
European Patent Convention Art 107
Keywords: Transfer of opposition (no); Appeal admissible (yes)
Priority (no): overlapping ranges of numerical values - no basis in priority document
Inventive step (no) - purported improvement not shown - arbitrary selection within the ambit of closest prior art
Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:
G 0004/88
G 0002/98
G 0002/04
T 0020/81
T 0249/88
T 1053/93
T 0318/02
T 1197/03
Citing decisions:
G 0001/15
T 0476/09
T 0571/10
T 1032/10
T 1222/11
T 2357/12
T 0557/13
T 1450/14

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t081877eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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