| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T093696.19990611 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 11 June 1999 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0936/96 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 87100215.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | B01J 20/32 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Adsorbent and process for preparing the same | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Asahi Medical Co Ltd | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.05 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Inventive step - no Obvious improvements Problem - solution approach |
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Once a realistic technical problem is defined and once it is established that a particular solution to such a problem would have been envisaged by a person skilled in the art in the light of the relevant state of the art, then this solution lacks an inventive step, and this assessment cannot be altered by the fact that the claimed invention inherently also solves further technical problems. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t960936eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021