| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T169712.20140918 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 18 September 2014 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1697/12 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 96943288.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C08J 3/24 B29B 9/00 C08J 3/12 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | WATER ABSORBENT AND PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Evonik Degussa GmbH BASF SE |
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| Board: | 3.3.09 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of request - request withdrawn before the opposition division Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - clarity Sufficiency of disclosure Patentable invention Novelty Inventive step Late-filed document |
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Sufficiency of claims with open-ended parameter ranges (point 5.5 of the Reasons) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t121697eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021