T 0751/00 (Polyol fatty acid esters/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 21.05.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T075100.20030521
- Date of decision
- 21 May 2003
- Case number
- T 0751/00
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91916765.0
- IPC class
- C07H 13/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Polyol polyester synthesis
- Applicant name
- THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
- Opponent name
- Unilever N.V.
- Board
- 3.3.08
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 57a 1973
- Keywords
- Added subject-matter; extension of the scope of protection - no
Clarity - yes
Sufficiency of disclosure - yes
Novelty - yes
Inventive step - yes - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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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 with the claims and description, pages 2, 3, 9 and 10 filed during the oral proceedings, other pages of the description, including page 2a, as in the "Druckexemplar" accepted by the Opposition Division.