This article was first published in the CIPA Journal, March 2017
G 01/15: Use of cold fl ow improvers in fuel oil compositions / INFINEUM
EBA decision of 29 November 2016
Chairman: W. van der Eijk
Members: P. Carlson, I. Beckedorf, C. Vallet, F. Blumer,
H. Meinders and W. Seiber
This was a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) by the Technical Board of Appeal (TBA) on appeal from the Opposition Division’s decision to revoke a divisional patent on the basis that the subject-matter of claim 1 was anticipated under Article 54(3) EPC by the application for its parent patent.

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