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Date of decision 24 October 2006
Case number T 0200/04 - 3.3.01
Application number 97106277.3
IPC C09D5/16
Proceedings Language EN
Title of the application Coating composition
Applicant name BASF NOF Coatings Co., Ltd., et al
Opponent name Chugoku Marine Paints Limited
Headnote
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Articles and Rules EPC . Art 54
. Art 56
. Art 69
. Art 83
. Art 100(b)
. Art 123(2)
. Art 123(3)
. R 57a
Keywords
Main and first auxiliary request: inventive step (no) - obvious solution
Second auxiliary request: amendment - extending beyond the protection conferred by the patent as granted (yes)
Third auxiliary request: amendment occasioned by grounds of opposition (yes); supported by the application as originally filed (no) - inadmissible generalization of examples
Fourth auxiliary request: inventive step (no) - obvious solution
Cited Decisions G 0001/98
T 0181/82
T 0270/90
T 0955/90
Catchwords:
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