| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T097205.20090317 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 17 March 2009 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0972/05 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 94905166.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B01D 33/04 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Filtration process | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | ADVANSA B.V. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Pannevis B.V. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.05 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Re-dating of decision and correction of mailing date not possible under Rule 89 EPC 1973 (Rule 140 EPC) Opponent's notice and grounds of appeal filed late - appeal not admissible Patentee's grounds of appeal filed late - appeal nevertheless admissible applying the principle of protection of legitimate expectations Terephthalic acid (TPA) filtration method using a vacuum belt filter made available to public - yes Novelty of TPA filtration method as now claimed - yes Inventive step - yes: No motivation to design method as claimed |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t050972eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021