T 1621/16 (Hand dishwashing/Procter&Gamble) vom 14.10.2019
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T162116.20191014
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 14. Oktober 2019
- Aktenzeichen
- T 1621/16
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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- Anmeldenummer
- 09163237.2
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- An die Kammervorsitzenden und -mitglieder verteilt (B)
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- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- Liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition
- Name des Antragstellers
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Name des Einsprechenden
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA - Kammer
- 3.3.06
- Leitsatz
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- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Schlagwörter
- Amendments - mutliple selections from lists of converging alternatives
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Amendments - intermediate generalisation
Inventive step - (yes) - Orientierungssatz
- 1) When fall-back positions for a feature are described in terms of a list of converging alternatives, the choice of a more or less preferred element from such a list should not be treated as an arbitrary selection, because this choice does not lead to a singling out of an invention from among a plurality of distinct options, but simply to a subject-matter based on a more or less restricted version of said feature.
2) A claim amended on the basis of multiple selections from lists of converging alternatives might be considered to meet the requirements of Article 123(2) EPC if:
- the subject-matter resulting from the multiple selections is not associated with an undisclosed technical contribution, and
- the application as filed includes a pointer to the combination of features resulting from the multiple selections. - Zitierende Akten
- R 0017/23T 1465/15T 1476/15T 2251/16T 2368/16T 0336/17T 0347/17T 0640/17T 1482/17T 1937/17T 0149/18T 0650/18T 1731/18T 2645/18T 2790/18T 0531/19T 3253/19T 0446/20T 1809/20T 0648/21T 1020/21T 1133/21T 1137/21T 1261/21T 1302/21T 1408/21T 2057/21T 0147/22T 0205/22T 0563/22T 0901/22T 1766/22T 1824/22T 1925/22T 2529/22T 2572/22T 0379/23T 0579/23T 1042/23T 0025/24T 0146/24T 0983/24
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the claims of the new main request filed during oral proceedings before the Board, and a description to be adapted where appropriate.