T 1964/12 () of 16.4.2015

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T196412.20150416
Date of decision: 16 April 2015
Case number: T 1964/12
Application number: 99117421.0
IPC class: C08F 220/06
C08F 222/02
C11D 3/37
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: D
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 527 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymer (or its salt), its production process and use, and production process for aqueous maleic salt solution with low impurity content
Applicant name: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
Opponent name: Rohm and Haas Company
BASF SE
Board: 3.3.03
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords: Main request not admitted - claim intentionally restricted before the opposition division
so no right to revert to claim as granted
Auxiliary requests - admitted into the proceedings but lack of novelty
established presumption that unusual parameters do not define a new subject-matter not displaced
unallowable amendment
- late filed objection admitted -
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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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