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Beschwerdekammer
Efflarged
Board of Appea!
Grande
Chambre de recours
Case th.unber:
R 0010/08
Appeal Nuiither:
T 0534/04
Application Number:
97122407.6
Publication Number:
0850895
IPC:
CO4B 24/26
EN
3.3.05
Title of invention:
Cement dispersant, method for producing polycarboxylic acid
for cement dispersant and cement composition
Petitioner! Patentee
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
Other party/Opponent
BASF SE
Headword:
Fundamental violation of Article 113 EPC and procedural defect
under Rule 104(b) EPC/NIPPON SHOKUEAI Co., Ltd.
113(2),
123(2)
Keyword:
Petition for review
Not clearly inadmissible
Clearly unallowable
Decisions cited:
G
0012/91, G 0007/93
Catchword:
EPA Form
P0708.0
3030
06.03
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Europisches
Patentamt
European
Patent Office
Office europen
des brevets
Grol3e
Beschwerdekammer
Enlarged
Board of Appeal
Grande
Chambre de recours
DEC I S ION
of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
of 13 March 2009
Other Party;
(Opponent)
BASF SE
D-67056 Ludwigshaf en
Representative:
Riedi, Peter
Patentanwlte
Reitsttter, Kinzebach & Partner
Postfach 86 06 49
D-81633 MOnchen
(DE)
Petitioner:
(Proprietor of the patent)
(DE)
(JP)
Representative:
P. Messerli
B. Schachenmann
T. Kriner
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I.
II.
(a)
(b)
(c)
EPC
the requirements of
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(d)
(e)
III.
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IV.
(a)
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(b)
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contrary to the
V.
VI.
1.
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2.
3.
the legal
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Obviously,
4.
Accordingly,
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5.
6.
EPC
it is to be examined
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7.
submitted to it,
...
There is no
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8.
earlier point in the proceedings to allow the decisionmaking department time to deliberate and then to issue
its decision based on the parties submissions. As far
as oral proceedings are concerned, established Board of
Appeal case law has this moment as the closing of the
debate
(...).
that,
10
0010/08
Order
The Registrar:
W.
Roepstorff
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The Chairman:
P.
Messerli