T 0215/03 (Lubricity additives/EXXONMOBIL) of 18.11.2005

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T021503.20051118
Date of decision: 18 November 2005
Case number: T 0215/03
Application number: 96903973.4
IPC class: C10L 1/14
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 106 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Additives and fuel oil compositions
Applicant name: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. et al.
Opponent name: 01: Ethyl Corporation
02: The Associated Octel Comp. Ltd.
Board: 3.3.06
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 114(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100(b)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 R 55(c)
Keywords: Late-filed material - admitted (no): abuse of procedure and violation of the principles of fairness (1.2 to 1.4 and 1.8
Late-filed material - admitted (yes): mentioned in patent as relevant prior art or occasioned by contested decision or point raised by a party (1.5 to 1.7)
Main request and first to third auxiliary requests: inventive step (no)
Fourth auxiliary request: added subject-matter (no), clarity (yes), enabling disclosure (yes), novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0004/92
T 0536/88
T 0951/91
T 0201/92
T 0389/95
Citing decisions:
T 0457/05
T 0578/09
T 2322/10

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t030215eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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