| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T098993.19970416 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 16 April 1997 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0989/93 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 85306447.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C09K 11/06 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | New scintillation media and methods of detecting beta ray emissions | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Fisher Scientific U.K. Limited | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Packard Instrument B.V. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Inventive step - yes Common general knowledge (no); burden of proof Analogous substitution (no) Obvious to try (no) |
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In the absence of relevant common general knowledge no conclusions are possible on the basis of the known properties of one group of chemical compounds (here: benzene derivatives) regarding the properties of a different group of chemical compounds (here: naphthalene derivatives; see point 9.1). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t930989eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021