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Date of decision
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09 October 2007
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Case number
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T 0006/05
- 3.3.10
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Title of the application
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Hydrofluoroethers as low temperature refrigerants
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Applicant name
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MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
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Opponent name
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SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.p.A.
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Keywords
Admissibility of opponent's appeal (yes) - universal successor of
opponent automatically acquired party status
Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 6: novelty (yes) - no
direct and unambiguous disclosure; inventive step (no) -
improvement not shown - reformulation of problem - obvious
alternative
Auxiliary request 7: inventive step (yes)
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