T 0425/98 (NIPPON MITSUBISHI/Engine oil composition) of 12.3.2002

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T042598.20020312
Date of decision: 12 March 2002
Case number: T 0425/98
Application number: 91103711.7
IPC class: C10M 141/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 35 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Engine oil composition
Applicant name: Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation
Opponent name: Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
Exxon Research and Engineering Company
Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
Keywords: Main request: substantially modified request raising new issues under Article 84 EPC never addressed before the oral proceedings
Admissibility (no)
Auxiliary request: Novelty (no) - claimed invention emerging unambiguously from the prior disclosure
Catchwords:

-

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T 0694/92
T 0074/96
T 0596/96
T 1129/97
T 0457/98
T 0728/98
Citing decisions:
T 0381/02
T 0997/06
T 0036/09
T 1045/09
T 1435/09
T 0520/14

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