| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2016:G000115.20161129 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 29 November 2016 | ||||||||
| Case number: | G 0001/15 | ||||||||
| Referral: | T 0557/13 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 98203458.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A01H 5/10 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Use of cold flow improvers in fuel oil compositions | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Infineum USA L.P. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH | ||||||||
| Board: | EBA | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of referrals by the boards of appeal  yes Point of law of fundamental importance - yes Priority right - conditions and effects Partial and multiple priorities Legal basis and assessment of partial priority |
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Under the EPC, entitlement to partial priority may not be refused for a claim encompassing alternative subject-matter by virtue of one or more generic expressions or otherwise (generic "OR"-claim) provided that said alternative subject-matter has been disclosed for the first time, directly, or at least implicitly, unambiguously and in an enabling manner in the priority document. No other substantive conditions or limitations apply in this respect. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/g150001ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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