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European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T007498.20001019

Date of decision:

19 October 2000

Case number:

T 0074/98

Application number:

88201843.5

IPC class:

C08F 226/06

Language of proceedings:

Distribution:

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 916Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

Dispersant

Applicant name:

EFKA-CHEMICALS B.V.

Opponent name:

BYK-Chemie GmbH

Board:

3.3.03

Headnote:

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56

Keywords:

Novelty - prior disclosure (no) - no reason to round up figures obtained by converting prior art values originally expressed in another unit
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features

Catchwords:

Cited decisions:

T 0513/90

Citing decisions:

T 0820/04
T 1186/05
T 0234/09
T 2437/13

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t980074eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021