| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T021101.20031201 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 01 December 2003 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0211/01 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 92907846.7 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C10L 1/22 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | A process for preparing halogen-free, deposit-control fuel additives comprising a hydroxypolyalkene amine | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Dover Chemical Company Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | BASF Aktiengesellschaft Chevron Chemical Company LLC |
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| Board: | 3.3.06 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | New ground of opposition - not to be considered Novelty (all requests): yes Problem solution-approach - defective disclosure is not a promising starting point for the assessment of inventive step Inventive step (all requests): no - obvious aggregation of known process steps |
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A document which is obviously defective as would be readily recognised by those skilled in the art when trying to reproduce its disclosure cannot be taken as the most promising and appropriate starting point for the assessment of inventive step (points 2.1.3 - 2.1.5). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t010211eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021