| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1991:T051390.19911219 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 19 December 1991 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0513/90 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 82107059.6 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B29C 67/22 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Japan Styrene | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | BASF | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | If, for a particular application of a known process, the skilled person could obviously use a material generally available on the market and suitable for the purpose, and were also highly likely to use it for reasons irrespective of its characteristics, the usage should not be considered as inventive on the account of those characteristics alone. (cf. point 4.4 of the Reasons). | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Inventive step (denied) Obviousness - inevitable choice in practice |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t900513ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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